The world has long produced evil geniuses, exceptionally brilliant people who are utterly diabolical. Topping the global list is Adolf Hitler, the German politician who triggered the Second World War and exterminated six million Jews through his devilish scheme, the Holocaust. Following on his heels is Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda minister, a master of manipulation, who […]

On Wednesday, March 18, President Bola Tinubu, along with his wife, Remi Tinubu, will be hosted by the British Monarch, King Charles III (77). The state visit will hold at Windsor Castle and not at Buckingham Palace.   Wikipedia informed us that Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about […]

There was the news the other day that MTN Nigeria is partnering the Lagos State Government to redevelop the Obalende under-bridge into a modern transport hub to be known as Y’ELLO Bus Park. Transformation would be the right word for a presently degraded environment to wear new colours and bring a new sheen to that part […]

If or when Nigeria becomes a one-party state, Nigerians should hold today’s opposition politicians and their civil society organisations enablers responsible. That is the concluding thought behind the title of this week’s talking point. That being said, Nigeria is not and does not look poised to become a one-party state as the opposition that continues to […]

“No longer anything but a decoration which is useful for nothing”—  Paul Cambon  The withering description of a once-revered political figure in France by the diplomat Paul Cambon, applies with equal or perhaps greater force, to the state of politics in Nigeria today. Even objects of decoration, no matter how worthless, may still retain some redeeming […]