Last week, I lamented that President Bola Tinubu has hollowed out Nigeria’s democracy. The article generated interested reactions. A regular reader of this column accused me of Tinubuphobia. How is it that you don’t see anything good in Tinubu, he asked. Another sent me a cryptically worded text: “Sour grapes from name-calling!” Some kindred spirits, nonetheless, […]

You’ve prepared for weeks. You know your material inside and out—every statistic, every argument, every supporting detail is committed to memory. You step up to present, confident in your expertise. Yet within minutes, you notice it: eyes glazing over, attention drifting, the subtle shift of bodies in seats as minds wander elsewhere. By the time you […]

On February 18, 2026, I wrote an article on this page titled: “City Boy’s South-East invasion”. It was all about the involvement of some Igbo socialites such as “E-Money”, “Obi Cubana”, “Cubana Chief Priest”, “Zenco” and others in Seyi Tinubu’s City Boy Movement which had just been imported into the South-East. Some Igbo activists felt affronted […]

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other“—  John Adams Few observations capture the enduring dilemma of democratic governance as succinctly as this warning by John Adams. Long before the modern age of mass democracy, Adams understood that constitutions and institutions, however carefully […]

Venerated playwright, Professor Femi Osofisan, once said in one of his books, there is safety in numbers. This is very true of human beings who would always find solace and security with each other but equally more so in subscription business where the subscriber base remains very vital in terms of returns on investment. A good […]