In this last of our series on interrogatories on the three frontline political candidates as they canter towards the 25th February 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, we shall direct our attention at their utterances and promises on constitutional reforms with potential impact on democratic dividends and enhancement of peace, unity and welfare of the Nigerian people. Of the three, the …

If there was a prize for Nigeria’s No 1 letter writer, journalist-turned-lawyer and one-time minister, Tony Momoh would appear to be the undisputed champion. The late Momoh performed the difficult task of making sense of General Ibrahim Babangida’s largely messy and convoluted political and economic programmes by writing regular letters to “fellow countrymen”. His extensive and elaborate undertaking later packaged …

Our problem in this country is hysterical blindness. Selective amnesia. The profound inability to see self and absolve deeply our pathetic situation. We see other people’s joy as our joy. Rather than ask: how about our joy? Who did we offend to find ourselves in the rot we are. We are celebrating Qatar. We are marvelling at a country that …

When the stormy petrel governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike threw his 13 percent derivation windfall bombshell last week, his fellow Niger Delta governors must have been gutted, even as ordinary Nigerians within and beyond the oil-producing areas were alarmed. It was a shock to me that some governors can receive such a humongous amount of money in these …

On Monday, 22nd November 2021, in the new capacity-filled Banquet Hall  of the Government House Makurdi, I took the oath of office as Chief of Staff, (CoS) to Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom. It was administered by the governor and I assumed office as his new CoS. I succeeded the former holder of the office who had resigned his …

Arise TV has been in the news for the wrong reasons, most recently for the unfortunate broadcast of a forged statement of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for which the station had to recently pay a fine imposed on it by the National Broadcasting  Commission (NBC). Regrettably, it seems that no lessons have been learnt from this unfortunate incident. …

For the many awards he has won in recent weeks, I should begin by felicitating with Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi State. Yes, last month, he was conferred the “presidential award on security” for ensuring minimum security breaches within the space and span of a geopolity bounded by nine states and the Federal Capital Territory. And just last week, the …

Any parent who has chosen a name for a child knows the challenge of that task. Much thought is required. Traditionally, a name is to tell something about an individual. And naming a child is a chance to express religious conviction or, better still, indicate something about the child’s future, according to the hopes of the parents. Thus, in the …

Last week some politically exposed persons who pretend to be neutral analysts expressed excitement over former military president Ibrahim Babangida’s role in the annulement of the 12th June 1993 presidential election. It was a shocker seeing a sudden veneration of IBB as per that ill-fated transition programme. A programme that even the most optimistic would not waste time to stuff …

As I lay on my bed on Friday morning reflecting on happenings around the world, with particular reference to Nigeria, I could not but recall the official flagging off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s campaign in Jos, the capital of Plateau state last Tuesday, 30 years after another Yoruba son and icon, Moshood …