Nelson Mandela died and was buried in a blaze of international glory. They came from all over the world to give him a colourful burial. Such...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday announced the appointment of a renowned blogger & Journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi as his Special Assistant on Digital/New Media. 1. President @MBuhari...
ABUJA SATIRE WORKSHOP The Abuja Writing Workshop, run by Nigerian writer Elnathan John has been running since 2013 as a one-day short prose workshop for twenty...
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Writer and Social Media expert, Tolu Ogunlesi, as his Special Assistant on New Media. Mr. Ogunlesi is one of Nigeria’s most...
There had been no petrol in the country’s petrol stations for five months. The President was missing – and had been for months. The country was...
This is the month we’ve waited four years for. By the time this column appears on Monday February 16, Nigeria will – barring a National State...
Last week, I promised to write about President Goodluck Jonathan’s achievements. It would be silly and disingenuous to try to argue that his government has achieved...
George Bernard Shaw it was who said: “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” An apocryphal quote attributed...
In this article, the last for 2014, I will highlight the efforts and achievements of the Nigerians who, in my opinion, have in a good or...
This year, I read opinion pieces and articles on Nigeria’s newspapers and blogs than I had read in years. From Elnathan John’s weekly humorous, but reflective...
Having spent quite a bit of the last few months travelling, I have lots of excuses for evading, in recent articles, the ever-interesting politics of Nigeria....
This morning in Dakar, Senegal, an International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa kicks off, as a follow-up to an earlier one (December 2013) convened...