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Minister Wike’s media chats: Matters arising, by Tonnie Iredia
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Minister Wike’s media chats: Matters arising, by Tonnie Iredia

Every month, Nyesom Wike, Minister of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory FCT, takes time off to brief Nigerians on his activities. To some people, the briefings are superfluous and indeed vexatious on account of some of the statements he makes about his political opponents. Other critics imagine that Wike presents the posture of an actor who enjoys […]

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Terrorism: Hold some northern govs responsible, by Dele Sobowale
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Terrorism: Hold some northern govs responsible, by Dele Sobowale

“In every community, there is a class of people profoundly dangerous to the rest. I don’t mean the criminals. For them we have punitive sanctions. I mean the leaders. Invariably, the most dangerous people seek power” – Saul Bellow, 1915-2005, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 124. Newspapers headlines were grim a day before the […]

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A forgotten name, by Patrick Omorodion
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A forgotten name, by Patrick Omorodion

An adage says if one doesn’t know where he or she is going, then that person definitely should know where he or she is coming from. Over the years, administrators who have steered the ship of the football house either didn’t know or deliberately ignored mentioning the name of the first Nigerian to head the […]

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Adelabu’s power lines as laundry lines, by Azu Ishiekwene
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Adelabu’s power lines as laundry lines, by Azu Ishiekwene

In many parts of the country, the rains poured down earlier in the week, bringing much physical and psychological relief from the searing heat.  The absence of electricity from public supply channels made it worse. Average daytime temperatures throughout March ranged from 33 degrees to 38 degrees centigrade in Lagos and Abuja, respectively. Nigeria’s public electricity […]

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Press Freedom Day: Combat fake news or be consumed by it – Dr. Ruth Oji
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The ethics of persuasion, by Ruth Oji

Last month, I received an email from a marketing executive who was wrestling with her conscience. Her company had developed a new software product that was genuinely innovative, but her boss wanted her to create a campaign that exaggerated its capabilities and downplayed its limitations. “Ruth,” she wrote, “I know how to persuade people. I’m good […]

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Playing the 1998 Abacha power game in 2026, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
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Playing the 1998 Abacha power game in 2026, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

It was Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, the French critic, journalist, and novelist, who, in 1849, coined what has become an enduring proverb: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose – the more things change, the more they stay the same. In matters of governance and power in Nigeria – military or civilian – nothing can be […]

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Who else but Professor Benjamin Nwabueze (2), by Eric Teniola
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Crossing the red line by the Opposition and Government(2), by Eric Teniola

From last week continues the narrative on the elections which were to be held in 312 single member constituencies throughout the country of which 174 were in Northern Nigeria, 62 in Western Nigeria, 73 in Eastern Nigeria and three in Lagos as part of the 1959 general election The dissolved House was elected in 1954 and […]

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