FOR the wrong reasons, Mamman Kwagyang Saleh dominated the headlines this week ending today, just the same way Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku dominated the headlines in March. Saleh made the headlines before, first in August 2019 when he was appointed and sworn-in as Minister of Power by late President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2019. Two years later, he […]

The United States, US and some of its partners, notably the United Kingdom, UK  went to Venezuela and carted away  13.5 kilograms  of enriched uranium.  The materials which can be used to fuel commercial nuclear plants or   in  research  reactors, are  from an inheritance research reactor in Venezuela.  The research  which was concluded in 1991 had […]

To say that former Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi, has become a nightmare to sundry political actors in Nigeria is to understate the political reality of this time. By proving to be an unstoppable force that disrupts their comfort, he has become an immitigable source of fear for them, even when they claim otherwise. In […]

Perception matters in politics. Sadly, Peter Obi has acquired the untoward reputation as a perfidious and nomadic politician. He’s viewed as a politician who hates the rough and tumble of party politics and runs away at the first whiff of a crisis. He’s seen as a politician who prefers to nurture and put his faith in […]

Last semester, I watched a talented graduate student lose a research assistant position she deserved. She had the qualifications. She’d done the work. But in the interview, when the professor asked for her thoughts on the project, she paused. Five seconds. Ten seconds. The professor interpreted her silence as uncertainty and moved on to the next […]

 “A people can never rise from low estate as long as they are engrossed in the painful struggle for daily bread”, William Winwood Reade The evolution of politics in Nigeria has now reached a critical juncture where the question of Northern Nigeria’s interests and priorities can no longer be deferred or treated as an inconvenient distraction. […]

Global TV avatar, Ted Turner, whose audacious reasoning and business brinksmanship gave the world CNN,  a pioneering effort in 24-hour broadcasting, passed last week at the age of 87. The global community has been talking about the man who displayed esoteric bravery and bravado to point the way forward and has left us with so much […]

It is exactly twenty years ago this week that this column made its debut. To mark this milestone, I have reproduced the piece published here on 11th May, 2016, the tenth anniversary of the column. It reflects very much my thoughts on the second decade of the column.  IT was ten years ago this week […]

From last week continues the narrative about creation of new states in Nigeria. In applying this political consideration to the present exercise in States Creation however, we must remember that the United States of America with fifty States and Switzerland with twenty-five cantons have adhered strictly to the principles of Federalism. What is more, both the Constitution […]

In my second year at the University of Ife in 1979, two students from the Federal Government College, Kano joined the Faculty of Arts. Awam Ampah and Funso Alabi  fitted in perfectly. I was so impressed that when I went for youth service in Kano, one of the first places I familiarized myself with was the school, […]