66 years on, Nigeria must escape the fragility trap, by Olu Fasan
How fragile is Nigeria? That is one question Nigerian leaders don’t want to confront. Indeed, it irks them when anyone says that Nigeria is a fragile state. What’s more, some Nigerians, out of sheer romantic or sentimental patriotism hate it when the word “fragility” is used to describe Nigeria. It is unpatriotic, they reckon, for […]
Unlocking the Nigerian professional football league!, by Segun Odegbami
Enyimba won the Nigerian Premier League more times than any other club (9 times) and is the only Club to have won the CAF Champions League trophy twice
Tinubu’s Self Immortalization, by Ugoji Egbujo
A leader with an eye on posterity won’t have the appetite for the vanity of naming projects after himself. Because true immortality will be bestowed by history, not monuments that can be renamed. Tinubu needs to submit himself to some clear-eyed, sober reflection. This preoccupation with self-glorification and immortalisation is a telltale sign. There is now a […]
As you lay your bed…, by Muyiwa Adetiba
I have been getting frantic calls and text messages from a sister of a close friend who claims, as usual, that she is short of money for her drugs. My friend had in the past, asked me to ignore the messages and even threatened that ‘pandering’ – my friend’s choice word for the situation – to the […]
Stay away from trouble, protect your assets, by Francis Ewherido
The Nigerian Police Force has announced that from next Saturday, February 1, it will start the enforcement of the minimum Motor Insurance (Third Party) Act for vehicles nationwide. Consequently, I am revisiting motor insurance a few weeks after I did a similar article. I had to drop the article for today because the enforcement starts […]
Nwoko and Nwaoboshi: Old rivals resume war in APC, by Emmanuel Aziken
Senator Ned Nwoko representing Delta North Senatorial District has triggered a bitter fight in the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta North Senatorial District with his long time political sparring partner and immediate predecessor in the Senate, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi. Given the inclinations of the two men no one expects the clash to be a […]
