Avoidable distractions on the political trail, by Rotimi Fasan
When one observes the actions and utterances of Nigeria’s political actors, their habit of moving in circles, and the people’s preference for sensationalism over substance, it becomes clear why we are not making progress politically. We are back again where we were. We are in the campaign season, and the discourses of our engagement are […]
Dangerous road to APC Convention
As members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gather for the party’s elective convention in Abuja this weekend, the APC can hardly look in the mirror and recognise itself as the vibrant coalition that swept the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from office three years ago. I still remember Lai Mohammed shelling PDP. The party was a band of thieves, a criminal enterprise with an incompetent captain at the helm, determined to drag the country down. Impunity and violence were the PDP’s official languages, while the smell of money and the desire to share it were the only things that kept the PDP’s heart beating.
Revisiting ‘June 12’s enemy judges
And so what does it matter if we prove that Babangida, Ikpeme or Saleh annulled June 12? Isn’t it sufficient that a confederacy of all of them did it?
Garkida boy who became a General
General Tarfa’s A Profile in Courage is not just about his role as the Koboko Chief- probably that would be one of the least and forgettable roles
Gains and pains of the Nigerian Opposition
Pius went to school in an era that predated the present day automatic promotion in public schools. His friends called him Olodo – a Yoruba word for an idiot. Yet, Pius had a clever way of respecting his failure.
Nigeria’s elusive World Cup chase
It’s both a matter of shame and incredulity that in a country of about 200 million football-loving people, we cannot find eleven or at the very most twenty-two fully fit and talented men to represent us
