Nigeria as a social club
As the battle for control of the Nigerian Governors Forum continues, we are reminded once again of how our pretence at nationhood reduces governance to absurdity. Depending on your disposition,…
Democracy, tears and transformation
Fourteen years back, Nigeria had a chequered history of governance. About 13 rulers rather than leaders have at different periods remote-controlled and swaggered the compass of the nation from the…
Ribadu, Address Issues Instead of Throwing Mud
Reading through Ribadu’s statement in response to the presidency’s statement giving a historical account if his hypocrisy it is amusing that the irony of his political instability does not stare…
What did Amaechi do to Akpabio?
Many of us came to know the stylish world of Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, when editors from all walks of the media in Nigeria converged at Uyo,…
REFINERIES: Dangote to the rescue?
Nigerians may have heaved a huge sigh of relief with the media reports that Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest billionaire, has also waded into the murky waters of petrol refinery…
Editorial: The Anti-Jonathan Demonstration in London
Given the terrible scenario playing out in the country, manifested in the atmosphere of siege, mass poverty, high government corruption, gross official recklessness and near zero governance, it is no…
Jonathan’s Half-Time: The Verdict
The mid-term review of the Goodluck Jonathan administration was celebrated with much pomp and pageantry. To an onlooker or a visitor to the country, the review of the administration’s performance…
June 12: How can we forget? (1)
“Reading about the June 12 period, for obvious reasons, is difficult for me, even now, 20 years after. It is difficult to think about all that we lost and all…
Still on the Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum Election
The Nigeria’s Governor’s Forum Chairmanship election has come and gone. The election has been won and lost, but the reverberations remain in the Nigerian polity. The election is an eye…
Mr Fix It’s Solution to 2015 Elections: Who is Afraid of the Primaries?
The full implication of the recently truncated Nigerian Governor’s Forum election result was not lost on the powers that be even though many less politically inclined Nigerians were unable to…