“Facts speak for themselves”. That is what most of us have been led to believe. But like most common statements, when put to the test, it has not always been the case. Back in the 1970s, working with a research firm in Boston, USA, we set out to put that statement to the test. Actors were […]

“But, the fact in our favour is that nothing was done under the veil of secrecy. We were as transparent and accountable as possible, being aware of the fact that posterity was the ultimate judge” – Ex-President Buhari at the launching of the books chronicling the purported achievements of his administration. I have not read […]

“Charity begins at home.” Dear President Bola Tinubu, from records available to me, you have always claimed Lagos Island in Lagos State as your home. If that is true, your visit to Lagos during the Yuletide in December did not reflect it. You came with a battalion of soldiers – mostly non-Lagosians – like a conqueror; […]

“I know death hath ten thousand several doors for men to take their exits” – John Webster, 1580-1652. This article could easily have been titled SCARCE DRUGS, HIGH PRICES KILLING NIGERIANS PREMATURELY and it would just have been appropriate. But, since the end of everything is death, we might as well confront the issue head […]

“All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies” – Dr John Arbuthnot, 1667-1735. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is close to the graveyard; mostly because Nigerians got sick and tired of the unfulfilled promises and outright lies the leaders of the party peddled for sixteen years. In a saner society, former President […]