James Ibori @ 68: What passion! What fighting spirit! What singularity! By Tony Eluemunor
August 4, 2026, His Excellency, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, Delta State Governor 1999 -2007, turned 68. Far from the maddening times, and after all the battles of yore, Ibori the quintessential rider on the storm, is living the life of an Elder Statesman and Family Patriarch. The clash of battle has quietened. From near and far, people […]
Elvira Nabiullina stuns the world
By Tony Eluemunor On April 8, 2022, the U.S. dollar was valued at about 80 Russian rubles, roughly the same exchange rate before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The Western sanctions, the most scorching in modern history, initially devastated the Russian currency, but it bounced back. How did that happen? Well, Ms Elvira Nabiullina, Head […]
May 29; another anniversary of Nigeria’s dashed hopes
By Tony Eluemunor Last Saturday, May 29, was supposed to be a major anniversary marking seven years of Gen. Mohammadu Buhari’s presidency which began in 2015. Also, the Fourth Republic incepted on May 29, 1999, that magical ending of a millennium, and the birth of a promising new. It was as though the world was rejoicing […]
APC, Buhari’s greatest failures
By Tony Eluemunor There are failures of governance and here are failures of governance! There was the type that Nigerians used to complain, arrogantly, about. When the Second Republic began in 1979 with President Shehu Shagari’s inauguration, Nigerians, as arrogant as they were then, never stopped complaining. Yet, by then, respectable primary and secondary schools […]
Dr Austin Izagbo @70; A vigorous applause
By Tony Eluemunor Some special people live a fairy-tale life, achieving in a life-time what the ordinary John and Jane can’t accomplish in three life-times. Yes, Dr (Chief) Austin Noyelim Izagbo, the Ide of Ibusa, who turned 70 years old on Thursday April 14, is truly special. Sometimes, he appears to have a benevolent spirit […]
Dahiru Lawal on Yushau Shuaib: Less Sense, More Nonsense
By Tony Eluemunor When Mr. Dahiru M Lawal reacted to my piece, “Yushau Shuaibu on Emir and Air Peace: Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense,” published in this column last Saturday, I assumed it would contain wholesome lessons. The writing was wild because it lacked civility, uncoordinated because he rambled on and on, jumping from one […]
