When hypocrisy and doublespeak define a nation, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
On this day, October 1, 66 years ago, Nigeria gained flag independence from Britain. Within these years, the country reached another milestone – 27 years of unbroken civilian rule, which many confuse as democracy. Ours is not yet a democracy. It may well be with time, but democracy and civilian rule are poles apart. In […]
Before that yam export policy
So, I was at Iddo, a local open market popular for sale of food products, last weekend and the picture on prices of commodities at the market still remained quite depressing.
Haba! Bukar Ibrahim: A saint and a threesome
That’s what scandal brings. Everyone now thinks the senator is a demon. It was Saint Bukar who saw Yobe in 2000, and saw Sodom and Gomorrah. He then took upon himself to curb his people’s sinfulness and bring them closer to God.
Petroleum: Prevaricating and procrastinating realities
The German-born U.S. philosopher and historian Johanna Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) wrote on the ‘Crises of the Republic’ in 1969 that the Third World is not a reality but an ideology. Arendt’s postulation is factual to the extent that what was termed Third World tended towards the ideological divides of the cold war rather than reality.
Private agenda as state agenda
Most of us know the story of the Trojan War; how one very beautiful lady called Helen caused two neighbouring countries to go to war against each other.
Ibrahim and sex in the Guesthouse
If after two terms of fours years each as governor and ten years so far as a senator he does not care what impact his private conduct might have on his family, his constituents and the public at large, then his case is hopeless
