Dr Yusufu Bala Usman was, in the 1980s, a lion in the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU. His roar could be heard across the country. He was a domineering academic and political figure with followership in the country. His reputation had been boosted when, in 1976, he and fellow radical academic and historian, Dr Olusegun Osoba, as […]

Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in north-central Nigeria who had a young son with sticky fingers and a sense of adventure  It was his role as a dad that endangered his job as a judge.

According to Section 39 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999,”every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference.” To underscore the importance of this right, the constitution further expands the empowerment beyond private discussions by recognizing […]

“No man was ever honoured for what he received, but for what he gave”— Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, 30th US President. It was twenty years ago, when the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, launched his book titled RESOURCE CONTROL. I was deeply honoured to have been asked to write the Foreword to that […]

Brethren to the glory of God, we are in the second week of the last month of year 2024.  As you keep faith with the LORD, my prayer is that this year ends to your benefit in Jesus name. The year has been quite eventful no doubt.   Especially as people tend to worry about […]

The Latin expression, ‘Requiem aeternum dona eis, translated in Eng- lish means, “Eternal rest grant to them.” That is the song I have this second Sunday of December, exactly 17 days to Christmas for my dear Edo State which once had a collosus, Brigadier-General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, now late, as a pillar of its prowess […]

Tinubu said he came to initiate reforms. And the people waited to emulate him. Because talk is cheap. After taking away subsidies without cushions, he went for a bloated cabinet.

Tinubu said he came to initiate reforms. And the people waited to emulate him. Because talk is cheap. After taking away subsidies without cushions, he went for a bloated cabinet. A flabby cabinet of the  sons of profligacy to prosecute austerity measures. With his deliberate choice of some indicted persons as ministers, he signaled to […]

The defection of five members of the House of Representatives from the opposition to the All Progressives Congress, APC has inevitably consolidated the position of the ruling party in the polity. The APC which started as a minority in the House of Representatives has by the serial defections of seemingly politically spineless Labour and Peoples […]

Gambling with cards was an elite past time among some of the middle and upper middle class people of Lagos in the 70s and 80s. These were the ‘Yuppies’ – and their elder brothers –of the time. A lot of private parties in Surulere, Yaba and Ikeja ended up with cards being shuffled. Even some […]