Disobedience simply means refusing or neglecting to obey rules and regulations. When Alex Otti and supposed members of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia State were busy shouting: “We are obedient”, little...
The emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the bloc in Guinea Bissau is a good one for Niger...
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Our political parties have poor records of appreciating the architects of their electoral fortunes. It is part of the tragedy that has led to the lack of cu...
Events in the past weeks betoken a pristine approach to Nigeria’s foreign policy utility. There are indications that the nation’s foreign policy plank will follow a clear and unconfused trajectory. An...
In the last week, the media was awash with different sides to the story of a seemingly excellent JAMB score of a young girl from Anambra state who tried to legitimize it; the Joint Administration and ...
There is too much hypocrisy and pretentiousness in Nigeria; especially amongst those who are apparently holier than thou. Just last week, tongues were agog about President Tinubu’s convoy in Lag...
The last time Ms. Hilda Effiong Bassey was featured in this column was in a piece titled “Tales The Country Told Me: Hilda Baci and Seun Kuti” (ThisDay, May 16) wherein I commented on her courage and ...
Back in April 2018, I was a guest-by-happenstance of Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan, in his Yenagoa home. My very good friend, one of the most professional and most cultivated pol...
…Beyond Ja’afar’s video This was first published on October 29, 2018. Considering the resuscitation of the issue by the new Kano State Government, I see the need to republish it. While we knew a...
We must tread with circumspection. We must follow reason. Why are we inclined to misadventures? Why are we not having conversations on how the south-east can work with the federal government to improv...









