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There must be something about the Nigerian presidency that turns whoever occupies the position to a prisoner, a tyrant, or both. Former president Shehu Shagari was a prisoner to the[…]
Christmas is not the only reason why many people in Spain look forward to the end of the year. Another reason is that annually, thousands win huge sums of money[…]
My first close contact with then Dr. Attahiru Jega was when, as editor of my university newspaper, I led a team of communications students to interview him as head of[…]
That Northern Nigeria is facing unprecedented political, social and economic upheavals is not in doubt; that the region’s vulnerabilities are being exploited by politicians is also not contested. What has[…]
If you wake up President Goodluck Jonathan in the middle of the night and ask him why wants to remain in office until 2019, he will probably mumble something about[…]
In the last one month alone, no less than 500 Africans, fleeing wars and poverty in Somalia, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia and other countries drowned in the Mediterranean[…]
In ancient Rome, the river Rubicon marked the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul to the north-east and Italy proper. The river got its name from the Latin[…]
According to some estimates, late Gen Sani Abacha, who was head of state from 1993 until his death in 1998, allegedly siphoned over $4 billion from Nigeria’s treasury. How he[…]
Reports indicate that once again, Nigeria is leading largest delegation (600 people) to this year’s General Assembly of the United Nation (UN). Coming barely two years after President Goodluck Jonathan[…]
In a most bizarre manifestation of chronic sycophancy – indeed a nauseating throw back to the Sani Abacha era – the wife of the president, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, is now[…]