EFCC: Is Obono-Obla sabotaging the anti-corruption war?
By Uche Ugboajah One of the constitutional amendments that Nigerians have been clamoring for is the separation of the office of attorney-general from the position of minister of justice. For…
PDP: Wike, Fayose and a Sheriff
KEN UGBECHIE Do you believe in miracles? And do you even believe that miracles still happen? Well, if you don’t, ask the elements loyal to the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker…
Badoo: The good and the bad
By Ken Ugbechie Until recently, the name Badoo was not all that bad. Russian entrepreneur, Andrey Andreev, launched a dating cum social networking site in London in November 2006 and…
Of Wike and aborted ‘in-house coup’,
By Emmanuel Ado On June 30, 1934, the historic day of the Night of Long Knives, Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer or Chancellor of Germany, was scared stiff that the notorious…
Akinwunmi Adesina and lessons for Nigerian public office holders
BY KEN UGBECHIE The announcement that Nigeria’s Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has won the 2017 World Food Prize did not come to me as a surprise. Since its establishment in 1986,…
The budget and the clowns, by Ken Ugbechie
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has signed the 2017 budget into law. A national budget is a country’s projected income and expenditure profile for a particular period. In the case of…
Bukola Saraki: Between CCT and EFCC
By Yushau A. Shuaib “I swear by the Almighty Allah to do justice. We are all human beings and not God, we must be fair and just,” – Umar Danladi…
Okowa and the vista of a new Delta
By Ken Ugbechie My alma mater, St. Anthony’s College, Ubulu-Uku, in Delta State, turned 60 last year. For a school founded by Catholic missionaries in 1956, you would expect it…
Nigeria needs volunteers to help save millions of lives
The looming humanitarian crisis hovering over Nigeria is largely invisible from the streets of Abuja. The word famine is spoken and makes front page news, but deep in the capital…
Buhari, SGF, and Ngige factor
Emma Agu The unfortunate politicization of President Muhammadu Buhari’s illness has no doubt affected any rational discussion of the matter of the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation,…