Guest Columnists

It might have been nice to join those who were last week congratulating Nigeria’s former leader, Muhammadu Buhari, on his 82nd birthday.   However, to hear some accounts, Buhari is some kind of hero.  As someone who wrote consistently about the Buhari crime while it was in progress, I cannot permit this revisionism.  Translation: if […]

  She must be in her mid-50s. A beautiful infant strapped on her rugged Nigerian mother’s back as she duked it out sweeping, mopping, and cleaning the compound of the place I call home in Lagos.   The scorching sun and biting heat running about 90 degrees Fahrenheit was not too friendly on her epidermal […]

There seems to be an emerging pattern in some of the major elections conducted in Africa so far, hinting at an emergent character of democracy in the continent, and this would seem to be the people’s seeming determination to change incumbent ruling parties or whittle down their influence or remove them altogether, and at the […]

Four eyes lock in combat. Two belong to a snake. The other two belong to a former President, whose lipless mouth, pointed nose and slit eyes are snakelike, too. In a swift reversal of roles, the hunter has become the hunted, both locked in the ultimate battle.   Measuring over two meters, the king cobra […]

“Bros, I dey hail oh” “I dey greet. What’s up?” “We couldn’t finish our gist last week. But since then, so much has happened. That is why I am calling. Just to pick your brains, bro.”  “You will have to let me finish this bowl of hot piping amala and orisirisi before it gets cold, […]

You can accuse the Bola Tinubu administration of failing on all fronts, but one thing you will never be able to say about his over-bloated press team is that they do not show up when their principal suffers disgrace. This time, the target of their ire was former president Olusegun Obasanjo, who, during a recent […]

The battle of the Ondo state Gubernatorial election 2024 has been won and lost, with Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa emerging as the new Governor-elect: 1. 757 million eligible voters, 85.6% PVC collection, 22, 239 security officers deployed to enforce security, low voter turn-out, 17 candidates, slugging it out in 18 Local Government areas, 3, 933 polling […]

“We eagerly anticipate the coming on stream of the Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries before the end of this year, as promised by the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of NNPCL, Mele Kyari. This milestone will not only end baseless rumours of monopoly but also position Nigeria as a refining hub for petroleum products […]

A columnist with one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers, who may not want his name revealed here, sent in a text message agreeing with the “Memo to ‘Minister of the economy,’” theme of the article published in this column last week.   He suggested that “(Wale) Edun, (Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy) […]