Sometime ago — I don’t know the exact date and time — the Nigerian political elite (some call it “elites”, but I’m more comfortable using the...
Why is the naira on a freefall? The most common answers you will get from Nigerians are: blame it on President Muhammadu Buhari, for insisting on...
In 2012, after I left THISDAY and retired from full-time journalism, I set up an office for my graphic design and printing business. I went in...
Olusegun Adeniyi had just been appointed special adviser on media and publicity to President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. That was in June 2007. It was an appointment...
For long, I’ve been playing around with a few pet “theories” on how I think Nigeria is going to graduate from “third world” to “first world”....
Incredible. That was my first reaction to a recent article written by Zik Zulu Okafor on the intrigues going on at the sea ports. In April...
By Simon Kolawole Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar. Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe. Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III. Cardinal John Onaiyekan. Alhaji Aliko Dangote. Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi. Mr. Sam Amuka-Pemu. Mrs...
I was but a tiny primary school boy in the late 1970s when I saw Lt. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, then head of state, on national TV...
Pardon my rudeness, but I may be one of the few Nigerians unimpressed with the quality of campaigns ahead of the 2015 presidential election. Nigerians are...
Surprise! Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is back in the news yet again. Last Monday’s show in Abeokuta was more spectacular than his previous performances. The card-tearing...
Some years ago — in 2004, I think — I started a series of articles which I titled “Made in Nigeria, Enjoyed Worldwide”. My intention was...
So the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decided to postpone the 2015 elections with just seven days to go? What a shame. Since January 2014 —...