In precolonial Africa, the societal values of honesty, respect and fairness were influenced by shared norms and beliefs which fostered healthy relationships. Everyone cherished the values and no one needed to be threatened with written sanctions in order to keep faith with the norms. Perhaps, the most important factor which aided general acceptance of shared […]

Two bald men fighting over a [toothless] comb.” Reading that Alhaji Turaki and Sule Lamido were fighting over who would be Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to me, was the funniest joke of the year. It sounded like a tragic story of two elderly women laying claim to a baby during the World […]

For 29 days beginning from today, all eyes would be focused on Morocco, the new bride of the Confederation of African Football, CAF and Federation of International Football Associations, FIFA, as they host the 30th edition of the African Nations Cup, AFCON. This competition holds every two years and on even number days until 2013 […]

If you use your keyboard and ring light as weapons to  terrorise people If you steal someone’s peace If you launch unprovoked attacks If you manufacture stories from nowhere If you are in the business of smoke without fire If you raid the integrity of an innocent person If you bear false witness If you […]

Loyalists and strategists who understand Tinubu’s instincts and patience: Femi Gbajabiamila, James Faleke as the fierce defender, and Bayo Onanuga