Corruption…perhaps the most abused word in Nigeria….yet the most discountenanced despite its pernicious and devastating effects on the lives and futures of our people. Understandably, not all the presidential contestants are fond of dwelling on this red-herring issue, for obvious reasons – whether real or imagined. Part of which explains why there is not enough data or comments made by …

Peter Mbah, the Peoples Democratic Governorship (PDP) candidate for Enugu State in the 2023 elections, is running a very tough campaign, faced, as he is, with an unprecedented uphill in the likeness of the new kid on the Nigerian political block, the Labour Party. Even the first electioneering campaign of this Fouthth Republic in 1998/99 was not this challenging in …

It’s a great time to be a football lover. It might not feel exactly so if your country is not one of the 32 taking part in the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup in Doha, Qatar. But being a fan means managing to love the game without having your dog in the fight. For example, Nigeria’s national team, …

Two incidents in the not too distant past mitigated my physical participation in open-field, free-to-air political events, notably rallies and conventions, in recent times. At a rally of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, years ago, I left the venue of the event, relatively lighter than I went. My prized mobile phone had been pinched …

The much awaited year — 2023 —  is when the qualities that make up the values of Ekiti North Federal Constituency I people will be re-enacted to the amazement of the world. Oye/lkole is the land of people of conscience, people of integrity and self determination. It’s the land of people who, though may not have realised their full potentials, …

Some things are happening in Nigeria now that we seem to ignore because of the frenzy and euphoria of political activities around us. The country is probably experiencing one of the worst brain-drain in its history, yet it seems nothing is amiss. As usual, our leaders are not alarmed and the citizenry themselves appear unbothered by the humongous problem. The …

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction – Pablo Ruiz Picasso President Muhammadu Buhari has been the butt of cruel jokes in the past one week! What the president must have thought was innocuous, social media read meanings into it such that Buhari would be wondering what really went wrong! In fact, the president and his spin …

It’s for the doubts of ability to perform and, of course, imminence of failure to keep the promises that the elders admonishe us to take a serious look at the apparels anyone who covenants to gift new dresses puts on. The guarantee of performance is most surefooted in what the benefactor has done before and earlier promises s/he has fulfilled …

This is the political season and we should therefore expect to see all kinds of darts – mostly poisoned – flying in different directions, targeted at political opponents. In politics, friends can become foes overnight and the media is always willing and happy to feast on the harvest of events as they unfold. To become the president of a country is …

Last week, I passed by the ever-busy Computer Village and saw shop after shop loaded floor to top with laptops. I thought to myself, what happens if there is an incident, say fire? Do they have insurance? I shuddered to think of the sheer loss. Insurance, experts insist, has the potential to transform the economy. The bulk of Nigerians respectfully …