Towards the end of the Jonathan administration, the then Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, of failure to remit at least $25bn into the Federation Account. […]
I had wanted to share in detail the interesting story of an uncommon spousal camaraderie between a tyre fitter who was admitted at the orthopaedic ward at UCH, Ibadan, and his petty liquor (paraga) seller […]
April 8, 2018, I penned an article titled The Party’s Over: APC Satan, PDP Lucifer Both Parties Are Finished! I argued in the piece that members of both parties have proved that there’s no act […]
No, it will be delusional to describe Bukola Saraki’s recent acquittal by the Supreme Court as pyrrhic. The man took his critics (which INCLUDED this writer – emphasis on the tense here, please) and political […]
What goes round comes round, goes the popular saying. Nothing perhaps better illustrates this saying as relates to the insecurity hazard we collectively face in this country than the killing of seven policemen in Abuja […]
The provisions of the Presidential Executive Order No. 6 of 2018 on the Preservation of Suspicious Assets Connected with Corruption and Other Relevant Offences, recently issued by President MuhammaduBuhari raises serious issues of constitutionalism, legality […]
This, alas, has nothing to do with Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Instead, it has everything to do with clangers being dropped at the apex bank. In fact, it is arguable that by leaving our currencies in […]
Since I first publicly made these arguments, a few people have said my experiences aren’t representative of the entire picture. I have asked to be pointed in the direction of journalists who have set foot […]
Can we channel the Abacha loot to the CTS and re-negotiate the use of the World Bank’s $500 million? There are so many questions demanding answers. The CTS will be for a while, may be […]
Nigeria’s widespread corruption, which has been eating the eco-system like termites, met on audacious response from President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday afternoon with the signing of a new Executive Order No. 6 on preservation of […]
Desperate politicians, seeking foothold onto power, have mounted a huge traffic towards the homes of these “men who see tomorrow.” They swear oaths of allegiance while sleeping inside coffins and making human sacrifices. Worse still […]
The presidency said on Sunday that the ongoing killings linked to herdsmen are amongst the multifaceted implications of climate change. The presidency also restated the claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that politicians are behind the […]
Despite recording no single new case of polio infection in the past 18 months, Nigeria remains a country blighted by the disease and a possible source of infection to the rest of the world. Until […]
Excuse me if I am behind the times in still using the phrase “you nko.” These days social media have provided the youth with a plethora of ways to say things — including through emoji […]
In case you have missed it, there is another political thriller on the way in Ekiti State, which this Saturday votes for a new governor. There are 35 candidates, including former governor Kayode Fayemi. His […]
The Brookings Institution recently published a grim report that indicated Nigeria has leapfrogged India to become the country with the highest number of people in extreme poverty and the de facto poverty capital of the […]
VIEWPOINT IN BRIEF: No immunity on cost of production Debates around subscription for pay-television services in the country are always impassioned. The widespread belief is that pay-television services are too expensive, particularly when operators increase […]
An oil truck explosion of apocalyptic magnitude occurs in Lagos, fatally charring a frightening number of lives and maiming several others. Many more vehicles are burnt, some to ashes, with scores of stampeding citizens severely […]
“My point is, people cannot be slaughtered in their houses helplessly. Maybe what we need to do is to liberalise gun control. Let everybody own a gun so that when you are coming to my […]
You should have seen me shaking my head in self-pity, as if somebody had just mercilessly slapped me. I had just landed at the “little” Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana, and needed to use the […]
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