Professor Kenneth Amaeshi and President Alex Stubb of Finland. Despite the inspirations I draw from my encounter with Stubb, it leaves me with mixed feelings. His good nature is brilliant. Contrasting that with African leaders leaves much to be desired.…

Increasingly, the rights of the citizens of Nigeria to protest against bad governance, the right to dissent and to freedom of expression, as guaranteed by the Constitution, are being denied, frustrated and challenged by the governing class. Meanwhile, Nigerians continue…

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful All Praise is due to Allah, We praise Him and we seek help from Him. We ask forgiveness from Him. We repent to Him; and we seek refuge in…

Like drunken sailors in charge of a sinking ship, the ruling class in Nigeria have made no commitments to cutting down on the cost of governance, containment of waste, eradication of corruption and undertaking the hard work of getting Nigeria’s…

Nwabueze’s most ambitious project was the drafting of the Nigerian Constitution of 1979. Led by Chief Rotimi Williams, the nation’s then-leading name in the legal profession, Professor Nwabueze and the other eminences of the 1978-79 Constitution Drafting Committee constructed what…

Late Chief MKO Abiola. So, Abiola had an ad with the kicker, “Endless Power Interruptions,” followed by the rider, ‘All Nigeria needs is one transformer!’ In between, you have the semiotic message of a lit lantern in the midst of…

As a stockbroker, you aim for the equilibrium price when making your deals. The equilibrium price is the point where demand and supply meet, and at that point, you finalise the transaction. Now, the equilibrium price proposition suggests that all…

My men brought a copy of the flier you made to my table. I think I still have it here. Yes, this green thing. It’s on the internet too, right? You see, I’ve always believed some of you don’t understand…

Earlier this week, Nigeria’s President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Bola Tinubu, walked another bold path that his predecessors rarely trod.  With bold and audacious strut, Mr President commanded that the comatose OROSANYE REPORT fashioned out to cut to…

I begin by pleading an obsessive problem – media language. As one who is routinely traumatised by encountering his own words reworked into imagined equivalents, duly enhanced and augmented even with the best and honest intentions, but which actually convey…

ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. The Chairman of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Toure, expressed the hope that eating the humble pie is worth the price of losing four members. I’m not sure the Delinquent Four will withdraw their threat…

One of the oft-repeated myths in this country is that when the poor are hungry enough, their final resort will be to eat the rich. But when one considers the Nigerian situation, one wonders just how much more hungry people…

Watching the news, you get the sense that climate change is making the planet unlivable. We are bombarded with images of floods, droughts, storms, and wildfires. We see not only the deadly events nearby but far-flung disasters when the pictures…

Over the past couple of days, I have struggled with deciding what this column should be talking about today. Having given notice of my intention to rest the column to take a role, which constrains me from the absolute independence…

Anyone with an ear to the ground would notice that many Nigerians are presently calling out state governors right, left and centre.  These are not ordinary citizens; most of them are experts and professionals. They say governors are destroying governance…