It was not a triumphal entry. It was not designed to be. It was just a duly and legitimately elected President visiting a part of the territory he presides over. President Muhammadu Buhari’s working visit to Owerri, Imo State on Tuesday, 13 September had no measure of braggadocio, bravado, or vainglory. Count the man out of such conceit. A father …

The only thing that compares in recent tweet villainy with the post of US-based Nigerian professor Uju Anya on Queen Elizabeth II was perhaps the visit of the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle to the Windsor Castle. Yet, after her ordeal, even Anya is back, recuperating from the injury inflicted by the hounds and five days in Twitter jail. If …

Power seems to be lying, literally, on Nigeria’s streets for the youth to take in 2023, only if they are united and conspiratorial! The old order has failed totally, as both the old parties and their often recycled people don’t have any idea of how to rescue the sinking behemoth called Nigeria. The infighting and intra party crises will continue …

When, sometime in May this year, the news of the suspension of Rev. Father Hyacinth Alia by the Catholic Church broke out, his media aide, Kula Tersoo issued a statement downplaying its significance and deep import. He described the suspension of the governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) (as he then was) “as a normal practice of the …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State must, at this time, mean different things to different people. For those like the PDP national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode Ibiyinka George, who believe in Wike’s cry for justice within the main opposition party, governor is a hero and a voice that must not be silenced but should, instead, …

The unfortunate incident of building collapse at 11, Oba Idowu Oniru Road, Oniru Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos on Sunday, 4 September, 2022 has again exposed the inaccuracy and lack of understanding in the use of the terminology, ‘STOREY’ in this part of the world.  The collapsed building was referred to severally in the media as a seven- storey building, while …

During these first few days of September 2022, two gentlemen dear to my creative side, and diametrically opposed in many ramifications, marked landmark dates on the calendar of life’s intractable journey towards an inevitable destination. One on the first day of the month, is a man who now luxuriates in the intangible perquisites of his sterling contributions to Nigerian television …

I never met Prof. Akin Mabogunje, neither did I have any relationship with him other than reading news reports about him and some of his interventions on topical issues. His image, however, loomed large over our horizon. He was one of the titans of our time; an academic of no mean repute and a gentleman with sterling qualities fast becoming …

Recently, Professor Akinjide Osuntokun, the eminent historian and former ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, sent me a quotation of Nelson Mandela, the Wise One of South Africa. Said Mandela: “The world would never respect Africa until Nigeria earns that respect. The black people of the world are looking up to Nigeria to be a source of pride and …

In six African countries the heads of government have been in power for 20 years or more. Attempts to replace them by ballot have either been stalled, frustrated or crushed. In a few, like South Africa where the ruling African National Congress has been in power for 28 years, new heads of government have been produced more by incest than …