Tinubu has become an unabashed  chauvinist. It’s a hard watch. It doesn’t bode well for national unity. Tinubu’s critical appointments have become the most lopsided in the history of this country.

For a man who warned the Igbo that they would only get bread soaked in water if they scorned him, it is a shock that President Bola Tinubu has picked one of the finest, fittest, and fondest of that race into his cabinet. The nomination of Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu into the Bola Tinubu cabinet came […]

Last week, someone I have a great deal of respect for summarised the current electricity tariff so beautifully on a platform we both belong to when he said ‘A short while ago, we had air conditioners we couldn’t use because there was no NEPA (electricity). Today, we dare not use these air conditioners because of […]

I am so happy the funny folks of Benghazi found it proper to drag Nigeria’s Foreign Minister,Yusuf Tuggar, into their machinations. This should signal the end of Libya’s participation in international soccer, at least, for sometime. My eyes found a nauseating story in the Libya Observer alleging that Tuggar had, on behalf of Nigeria, apologised […]

Last week, I focussed on male siblings changing or trying to change their fathers’ wills to disinherit their female siblings. But it goes beyond siblings. Sometimes the whole family is involved. Once a relative dies, they use fraudulent culture and tradition to set aside the late relative’s will. Some people used to feel that once […]

THREE – maybe three and a half – stories go to the heart of why Nigeria appears stuck in a rut. And for some strange reason, all of them are rooted mainly in energy and power. The first is about a project, the Mambilla Hydroelectric Project. If you live in Nigeria – except you’re the Minister […]

TO a number of us Nigerians, Plot 339, Diplomatic Drive, beside the United Nations Building, Abuja, is a familiar address. It is the Cuban Embassy in Nigeria. It was where we gathered on Friday, October 18, 2024 to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Nigeria and Cuba. It is like no other embassy in Nigeria […]

MY fellow countrymen and women are incurable optimists. As the grind got harder and life became more brutish and nasty as a result of the economic policies the president chose to adopt and implement, most Nigerians continued to look at the brighter side of life, praying and hoping that things will get better. In the hope that […]

Every senator and every member of the House of Representatives who voted to create a regional ‘development’ commission in Nigeria claim it is a game-changer that will radically transform the geopolitical zone concerned. But that’s not true; rather, it is another unaccountable federal agency that will induce the squandering of public funds and do little to […]

SOON after the disparate states of the Italian peninsula were unified to create a single nation on March 17, 1861, Massimo Taparelli, the Marquess of Azeglio, popularly called Massimo D’Azeglio, a Piedmontese-Italian statesman, famously remarked: “We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians.” D’Azeglio, who was Prime Minister of Sardinia, was worried about […]

 *Continued from last week While stories engage emotions, data provides credibility. The key is to weave your data seamlessly into your narrative, using it to support and enhance your story rather than overshadowing it. Here are some techniques: 1. Use data to set the stage: “In a market where 70% of startups fail within the first […]

OVER the weekend, something that brought smiles to my face showed on TV. Civil War Leader, General Yakubu Gowon(PhD) marked his 90th birthday in style. What added spice to the event was the appearance of General Olusegun Obasanjo(PhD) beside him. What a rare picture that was! Usually, Gowon and Obasanjo painstakingly avoid each other. The former […]

THERE is a curious assertion of statehood, the rights and powers of states against the extent and limit of federal control in our so-called federation that has emerged in the last couple of months. Suddenly, some individuals and groups are waking up to the realisation that Nigeria is not all about the Federal Government, that the […]

“I saw not victory after the war, but a new and happier world after the victory” – John Buchan EVEN while prosecuting the Civil War, General Yakubu Gowon was thinking about how to win the peace that would inevitably ensue. In a radio broadcast to the nation on October 1, 1970, he outlined a nine-point programme […]

ON this very day, I want to acknowledge with utmost respect that there could be so many items on President Bola Tinubu’s plate; so I do not, by any means, want to add anything to that mix which could give even an elephant a headache. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, they say. Looking […]