Credit to northern governors for NNSTF, by Suleiman A. Suleiman
I have been much surprised that the Northern Nigeria Security Trust Fund (NNSTF), established last month by the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), has not generated as much public interest and debate as one would have expected for such a consequential policy. I think it should. First of all, the very idea of establishing a security […]
The Peter Obi challenge, by Obi Nwakanma
A friend of mine sent me the link of the clip of my old buddy, Dr Reuben Abati, declaring that the civil war in Nigeria has not ended. Therefore the North will not vote for the likely candidacy of Peter Obi, an Igbo from the East. It of course struck me on two levels. Dr. Abati […]
Visions and dreams, by Patrick Omorodion
The Bible tells us in Proverbs 22:6 that when parents train up their children in the way they should go, when they are old they will not depart from it. One thing that is very clear is that only the Creator knows the end from the beginning. No parent knows how his kid would end. […]
Kano’s Kabir Yusuf: Best pension-paying governor, by Tonnie Iredia
Retired public servants as distinct from political office holders in Nigeria live in penury. The value of their pensions is not only too little for survival, disbursements are never regular leading to huge arrears of the otherwise meagre entitlements of retirees. At the beginning of a new administration at federal and subnational levels in Nigeria in […]
Mothers sabotaging their sons’ marriages without knowing it, by Stephanie Shaakaa
She stays in the marriage but leaves in spirit. And then, without realizing it, she chooses a new partner. Her son
Same Sin, Different Funeral: When man cheats, he’s a man, when woman cheats, she’s a monster, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Most men I know would rather set themselves on fire than forgive a cheating wife. Most women I know have forgiven or are actively forgiving a cheating husband
Millions for 90 minutes, peanuts for 35 years, by Stephanie Shaakaa
When a country rewards each Super Falcons player with N150m and house for a 90-minute football, yet sends police and military pensioners who served 35 years home with N2m, no housing, no healthcare, and a pension too small to feed
The Madness of the Fuji King, by Ugoji Egbujo
When I was growing up, The Madness of Didi was my favorite book title. I carelessly applied it to both the sane and the insane. Every outburst of irrationality was the madness of Didi. In Obi Egbuna’s The Madness of Didi, Didi spends 30 years in England, enduring racism and oppression. After killing six policemen, […]
NOA’s Impossible Road To Heaven, by Emmanuel Aziken
Ever since the Ibrahim Babangida administration established the National Orientation Agency, NOA, in its last days, perhaps to reorient the narrative of its tragic decision to annul the June 12 election of 1993, the agency has gone through various administrations. Perhaps none of the heads of the agency may have succeeded as the present administration, shepherded […]
Super Falcons and D’Tigress deserve their rewards, by Francis Ewherido
One Urhobo leader of his town’s union sometimes exclaims when things get heated up with his people, “Urhobo be suoor” (Urhobo people are difficult to lead!). I would burst out into uncontrollable laughter. What do you expect from people who are republican by nature, where virtually everybody, trained and untrained, is a lawyer, where a poor person […]
Bringing Governance Nearer The People: Recent Agitations For More States, by Muyiwa Adetiba
The ways of our politicians are confounding sometimes. The constitution is the document that binds people of diverse backgrounds and nationalities together and therefore must be seen to be truly representative. Unfortunately, it is not often available. It is also often worded in a legal and technical manner that makes it difficult for an average person to […]
