Buhari as spokesman for terror?
Even if it still continues with its destruction of properties and killings in different parts of the North in a mindless campaign of terror that is bound to end in…
Jonathan’s many ‘sins’ against lawmakers
President Goodluck Jonathan is embroiled in an unending face-off with members of the National Assembly. The federal lawmakers had severally accused the President of treating their resolutions with levity. One…
Jonathan and the Ribadu report
It is so unfortunate that there has been so much ignorant carping and malicious tittle-tattling about the report of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force chaired by Malam Nuhu Ribadu, both…
Rivers: From demolition to deduction
In a town hall meeting with Rivers community in Abuja on the 5thNovember 2012, Governor Chibuike Amaechi-led Government of Rivers State, so they said, announced that it has placed order…
President, reduce premium on VIP`s health
Your Excellency, I did promise to write you shortly to express the disenchantment of Nigerians on a variety of issues and this time, I have elected to start with healthcare.…
In Sympathy with Ribadu
I sympathize with Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, ex-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and more recently Chairman of the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force (PRSTF). It is often…
Cost of governance and National Assembly
The on-going constitutional amendment has thrown up debates about the nature of Legislature at the centre; whether indeed, the nation still needs an expensive bicameral Legislature at this moment of…
There is a country
Chinua Achebe’s new book: There was a Country: A personal history of Biafra, opens in characteristic Achebe style with the Igbo proverb that says “that a man who does not…
Text of Obama’s acceptance speech
Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud . but don’t get…
Lessons from Ondo election
The spin by Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) apparatchiks notwithstanding, the triumph of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State in the October 20 election was a kick in the mouth…