For a while now, I have signed this column with the following note: “This column welcomes rebuttals from interested government officials.” And every week, my readers have asked privately—by... Read more
Two anecdotes have been used to justify the controversial pulpit tirades of senior pastor of Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, Tunde Bakare, whose video went... Read more
Daniel Shoer RothThu, December 24, 2020, 5:00 AM PST Looking like a traditional religious Jew — a full beard and a kippah on his head as a sign of humility — it was understandable that Josep... Read more
Chief Audu Ogbeh, immediate past minister of agriculture and chairman, ACF, was recently quoted as saying that politics is the only industry in Northern Nigeria. His statement intrigues me f... Read more
‘The Kankara abduction was so belligerently orchestrated that it happened the day Mr President arrived Katsina State on a private visit… It smites the face of the Commander-In-Chief and... Read more
By Chijama OgbuTime and time again, they have proved it: that Nigerian leaders are among the most warped in execution of policies. Even when the idea is right, the implementation is of... Read more
“What is going on?”“Where?”“Where else? Nigeria of course.”“What has happened again?”“What has not happened? The other week, we were all lamenting that 43 farmers were slaugh... Read more
Malik Pitchford Barack Obama has spent the past several months promoting his political memoir, “A Promised Land.” But the former president’s messaging is out of touch, tone-deaf and indicati... Read more
Our own Tukur Buratai and the United States’ Michael Flynn are both Lt Generals. Buratai, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, four days ago warned his Generals against toying with any plan to und... Read more
In 2003, I wrote an essay drawing lessons for Africa from the collapse of ethnic federalism in Yugoslavia and other parts of the former Soviet bloc. The main lesson was simple, Com... Read more
