“Every government is run by liars; and nothing they say should be believed” – I F Stone, US journalist, 1907-1989. Stone was one of about a dozen columnists I read religiously when I was in the USA. He cured me of the virulent disease of columnists sending their CVs to governments in search of jobs. Nobody […]

If visitors to Akwa Ibom State now describe it as a beautiful destination, the credit belongs to Obong Attah

Tinubu, so far, deserves credit for one thing; except for those newly appointed to plum jobs, his policies and actions have not discriminated on the basis of ethnicity, zone, political affiliation, age, gender or religion.

Buhari behaved as if his election amounted to a Fulani-Muslim capture of Nigeria. Tinubu is now following the same footsteps by making appointments suggesting Yoruba conquest.

It has become clear to me that Tinubu, like Buhari, regards people belonging to minority ethnic groups as invisible Nigerians who are unworthy of top level appointments.