One more thing made clear by the outcome of the American presidential election of November 5 is that politics and many other things connected to it are aspects of the human sciences driven by human actions that can be explained, but not always with mathematical precision. When pollsters make projections within “the margin of error” and […]

When former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, marked his 90th birthday on October 19, he was celebrated far and wide by both friends and foes. He was a war-time dictator and could not be expected not to have those who love him and others who still have an axe to grind with him for his […]

THE report about a member of the House of Representatives assaulting a Bolt driver was one I had read earlier in the day the news broke. Even after I had seen a footage of the despicable encounter and the infantile utterances of the supposed legislator, I still didn’t think it was strong enough to displace the […]

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 […]

Nigeria’s wobbly economy appears to have humbled everyone. If they are to be taken seriously, not even the big men of the immediate past and the few others used to feeding off the sweat of the struggling majority are spared. Food prices are soaring even as the cost of energy increasingly spirals out of reach. A […]