Nigeria’s 62 steps to epiphany
By KEN UGBECHIE Nigeria turned 62 yesterday as a sovereign nation. That’s a good two years above the retirement age for civil servants in the country, bar teachers (65years). At…
TRIBUTE:ABDULLAHI NYAKO (1958 TO 2022): GOOD NIGHT, “MY BROTHER BEFORE, BEFORE
By Tunde Olusunle I chatted with Abdullahi Nyako until about 9.30pm Wednesday September 21, 2022. We typically banter from time to time about politics, current affairs and similar issues. Whenever…
Umahi and the principle of Jugaad, By Ken Ugbechie
Necessity is the mother of invention. You don’t really know how strong you are or your power of absorbency until you’re pushed to the wall. Ebonyi governor, Dave Umahi, demonstrates,…
President Buhari’s Dainty Last Dance At UNGA, by Femi Adesina
“This is the last that we shall dance together,” Wole Soyinka wrote in Kongi’s Harvest. And that was what President Muhammadu Buhari did Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly…
JONATHAN, BUHARI, ASUU AND HIGH JUMP
By Tunde Olusunle All through the past two decades and half of following the trajectory of former President Goodluck Jonathan, I’ve come to identify him as a gentleman par excellence….
Governors, Gunmen and Gestapo Governance, By Tunde Olusunle
The media handlers of Yahaya Bello, the overtly exuberant governor of Kogi State, have been in overdrive in the last few days. They’ve been issuing rebuttal after rejoinder after release,…
At the Peter Obi event in New York, By Sonala Olumhense
As a Nigerian with considerable interest in public affairs, the Grand Ballroom of New York City’s Hilton Midtown Hotel, the venue of “Afro-Economics & Government Policy: A Conversation with Governor…
With FG taking over, King David University of Medical Sciences now in the wrong hand
BY KEN UGBECHIE There is a university in Uburu community in Ebonyi. King David University of Medical Sciences is beyond a constellation of architectural masterpieces. It’s a loud statement of…
Okpaleke and the Journey to Rome, by Valentine Obienyem
The journey to Rome was pleasant and joyous: a Nigerian and the Bishop of Ekwulobia, Most Rev. Dr. Peter Okpaleke was among the 20 Cardinals so-created by Pope Francis. It…
Please, ASUU, Please; Call off this Strike, by Ken Ugbechie
This is a plaintive cry from a broken heart, a concerned parent and a patriot, to the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU): Please, call off this strike; return…