Issues/Policy

Sitting however directly behind me was a man who coughed ceaselessly and seemingly recklessly as I never missed the impact on me each time he coughed. I couldn’t wait for the ceremony to be over. […]

THE Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in its reaction to President Muhammadu Buhari’s second address to the nation on Monday 13 April, 2020 on the state of the nation vis-à-vis Coronavirus pandemic, knocked most of the […]

Several complimentary commentaries have been shared with regard to the recently deceased Chief of Staff to the president, Abba Kyari. These included glowing tributes from a current minister who was singlehandedly appointed by Kyari, not […]

If the funds do indeed go missing, it would be definitive proof of what we already know. Given Nigeria’s history, that’s the easy part. The difficult part is what will the people do about it? […]

In the wake of Mr. Kyari’s demise, there have been tributes and recriminations offered by both friends and foes, respectively. Both blocs are extreme in their eulogies and flaks. And because two extremes do not […]

As tributes continue to pour in for late Abba Kyari, chief of staff to Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has described him as a “colossus”. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s director of communications, in a […]

At independence, Nigeria held great optimism, political commentaries across the globe testified to inevitable emergence of strong nation to lead Africa out the dungeon occasioned by colonialism. It was an easy prediction.  All indicators of […]

The rising sun suddenly set without giving out a sign, the moon refused to show up throughout the night. The sky is dark and heavily pregnant. The cloud roars up the whirlwind, striking with a […]

On the death of Abba i have read a lot. I thought i wont make more comments but what i am seeing is nauseating. On social media in the last few years i read a […]

At the end of the year, many media outfits love to predict how the incoming new year will be like. The likes of the Economist, Time etc devote a substantial part of their reportage to […]

The headlines of newspapers and television news and social media are currently dominated by COVID-19, the terrible scourge which has left powerful nations squirming in great discomfort. Scientists assure us that the pandemic started in […]

NIGERIANS and other Africans living in China have been subjected to brutal racial assaults by the authorities of their host country, following the recent uptick in the COVID-19 pandemic. They were accused of being the […]

Nigeria and virtually all countries in the world are experiencing economic slowdown arising from the coronavirus pandemic. Public and private establishments have been shut, individuals and families have been locked down in obedience to obey […]

Sometime last year, I had the honour of being received by Abba Kyari, the larger-than-life Chief of Staff to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). His office was neat and well-organised; the furnishing in […]

So much dust has been raised since Abba Kyari bit the dust last Friday. When he walked the surface of the earth, the Chief of Staff to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was […]

The Lagos State Government on Sunday, as part of efforts to step up COVID-19 tests, created testing centres in 20 local government areas of the state. The state government, which released a list of the […]

Everyone who believes in the word of God must be committed to its fulfillment; whether good or bad. When I started editing my book, Doctor Strangelove in 2005, I had over thirty chapters to work […]

The sad news of Mallam Abba Kyari’s death is forcing all of us to reflect deeply on life and its meaning. For those of us who were privileged to observe this exceptional human being at […]

“If you are on social media, and you are not learning, not laughing, not being inspired or not networking, then you are using it wrong.”~ Germany Kent. Funke Akindele’s recent experience is not one of […]