A lazy opposition in disarray goes for broke, by Rotimi Fasan
In just over two weeks, it would have been two years since President Bola Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election. His victory was hard won and is still the cause of much bitterness among members of the opposition who still cannot reconcile themselves to it. For them, it’s as if there could be a way to overturn […]
How decimated is Boko Haram?
In what would pass as the worst attack by the deadly terrorist group since February 2 last year when 58 people were killed in a twin suicide bomb attacks at a camp for the displaced in Dikwa town of Borno State, Nigerians, last week, were jolted by the sad news of another terrorist attack.
That disgraceful parade in Ebonyi
The rusty community of Amauzu Nkpoghoro village in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State was in the news last week for the wrong reason.
Of beggars and taxes
There is this story of a ‘blind beggar’ that usually stationed himself with a plate for alms at the foot of a bridge in Lagos. On this particular day, a passer-by attempted stealing from his plate and the ‘beggar’ gave him a hot chase for the money.
Don’t look back, flee before he kills you
A professor and notable diplomat, whose names I am not going to mention here, once told me an interesting story. So funny was the story that I got my ribs cracking with laughter.
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.
