Shekau: A reality check
What’s in a name? Its significance is perhaps demonstrated by the recently reported but unclear killing of Abubakar Shekau, the commander-in-chief of the terroristic Islamist militia Boko Haram. In a...
View ArticleFayose’s inaugural acrobatics
It was perhaps predictable that the inauguration of Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose on October 16 would feature acrobatic stunts, especially by the new helmsman who lived up to his reputation for...
View ArticleLagos and identity question
As Lagos State, which is considered a megacity with a population in excess of 10 million people, surely approaches the status of a metacity or hypercity, meaning that it would be home to more than 20...
View ArticleTwo plays in search of a stage
On October 1, a public holiday to mark the country’s independence anniversary, I set out for Glendora bookshop in Ikeja, Lagos, confident of getting a copy of Egbon of Lagos, a dramatic work by Akin...
View ArticleBuhari, Amaechi and people power
Of all the possible expressive metaphors, why did Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) go for the gun? It would appear that the former military ruler and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential hopeful...
View ArticleLAGOS as unique selling point
More than just a publicity stunt, the projection of the political vision of Lagos State governorship hopeful Akinwunmi Ambode through an inventive acronym, LAGOS, bespeaks thoughtfulness. At the...
View Article‘Do you want to go back to the old ways?’
Two days to the November 26 date for “Screening and Appeals” in connection with presidential hopefuls in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it is beyond question that the scheduled exercise would be a...
View ArticleBeyond the cancer ward
For Nobelist Wole Soyinka, who turned 80 on July 13, it would appear that the best birthday gift of all came three months later on October 28 when, according to him, he finished taking treatment for...
View ArticleMama Goodluck Nigeria
When it comes to celebrating the country’s First Family, every angle deserves to be explored, to go by the creative sycophancy of the Ethical Leadership Academy, which has dreamt up an award for Mrs....
View ArticleKashamu should write his own book
For a book that is so explosively controversial, the reviewer, Patrick Okigbo, was correct in describing My Watch, the new three-volume autobiography by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, as...
View ArticleSecond term or second chance
Does President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deserve a second term in office? Should the people give him a second chance? These questions certainly have different meanings....
View ArticleBetween the masses and the moneybags
What’s the fuss about President Goodluck Jonathan’s reelection campaign war chest of at least N21bn, to go by the figures of the December 20 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Fund Raising Dinner held at...
View ArticlePeople Power Project
Apart from its sheer symbolism, the publicised move by northern yam farmers to boost the campaign funds of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, with a...
View ArticleVoice of God or man
When is the voice of man equal to the voice of God? This must be the central question in the controversy over the priestly intervention by the Enugu-based Catholic Rev Father Camillus Ejike Mbaka. His...
View ArticleAmbode’s art
What’s in a biography? Plenty, if it’s about Lagos State governorship hopeful and frontrunner Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Art of Selfless Service by Marian Osoba, which...
View Article‘Will mother come back today?’
Soon after the reality of the finality hit me, a poem came to my mind. The pithy lines of Streamside Exchange by J.P. Clark became more real to me than ever. Child: River bird, river bird Sitting all...
View Article‘Who does God expect to solve these problems?’
Could the controversial rescheduling of the country’s general elections have taken God by surprise? This question is worth contemplation in the context of the concept of divine intervention in...
View ArticleBuhari: past or present
Speaking of an albatross from the past and its perpetually negative potential, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, former military head of state, three-time unsuccessful presidential hopeful and presidential...
View ArticleSubtraction makes sense
This is the greatly expected month of political determination in Nigeria and a month of great political expectations. But so was last month, with the general elections originally slated for February 14...
View ArticlePoverty of prosperity
Five Nigerians may need to enlighten their compatriots, especially the filthy poor, on what they consider to be the purpose of wealth, or what they think should be the point of prosperity. They are...
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