Then he said: “Why do you want to work directly with me?” I replied that I prefer a relationship that would make it easy for the two of us to work together or to go our separate ways on mutual terms if and when separation becomes inevitable. I further disclosed to him that I didn’t want to work with him …

On Thursday, 30 April 1998 at about Noon, I was in my office in the City Hall holding a meeting with the representatives of the newly formed Market Men Association, Lagos Island, led by Alhaji Sadiq Haroun (also known as Baba Taju). The Chairman, Musiliu Obanikoro had delegated me to meet with their executive before he left the office. About …

Seye, one of the best sharp shooters and snipers among the PBGs, saw me from their Central Monitoring Station (CMS) embedded inside one of the three bunkers in Dodan Barracks by Siemens. There were about 10 operatives in bunker C from where they saw me. The other 15 (they were 25 all together in Dodan Barracks) had ferried the President …

IBB’s presidential jet was a castle in the clouds. It was luxury redefined. The kind of luxury that makes opulence look so ordinary as if it is not in the same league with affluence. The kind of jet that moves like the wings of angels. There are planes and there are planes. It was a plane with a plain mission: …

There was nothing to discuss. All I had to do was to start planning for fatherhood. If I could have a plan for the reform of the Press Corps in Dodan Barracks, then I should know how to plan my personal life. Even if nobody had told me that my frequent “Ife shuttle” was going to end in a “3 …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for the use of accumulated unspent funds earmarked for tertiary education, warning that leaving these resources stagnant could hinder the growth and development of Nigeria’s universities. This demand was raised during a one-day strategic engagement organized by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in Abuja, bringing together leaders of beneficiary institutions …

What we planned against “Double Chief” was a subtle coup to correct the opportunistic privileges that were causing divisiveness among the Correspondents. Like some humans in such exalted position, “Double Chief” enjoyed being regaled with flattery and whoever savours this, will see no evil in gossiping. Exploiting this weakness, some correspondents turned his office to gossip centre and hardly sat …

My name was forwarded to Chief Duro Onabule, the Chief Press Secretary to President Ibrahim Babangida, as NewBreed’s Dodan Barracks Correspondent. It was sent for routine security screening. So, until the necessary background check had been concluded, I could not resume. Therefore, I dashed to Ife, which had become my second home, to see my “PG hall family”. Most of …

We were all camped in Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, for our orientation. It was a peaceful town. The ambience of the town was installed in its serenity. Everywhere was looking splendid. No part of the town was denied the radiance of its glory. The empire of the Kanem was subdued by the fragrance of its camels. Every feature of Borno revolved …

Between May and June 1985, the trials I went through were more than Brother Jero’s. I couldn’t walk freely within the Campus because of the fear of the Security goons working for Buhari/ Idiagbon. It became more frightening when I got to know, through my own private sources as a journalist, that some students working as agents for the government …