Can Buhari Still Change Nigeria?
An interview of Grimot Nane on the immediate political future of Nigeria by freelancer Opey Sonto, September 15th 2016. SHOW MORE...
Buhari: Uncollected Gas-Flaring Revenues
Buhari: Uncollected Gas-Flaring Revenues When it comes to attacking and witch-hunting the defenceless, or the underestimated, President Muhammadu Buhari has a heart larger than Zuma...
Are Buhari’s Fears a Signal of the End of Nigeria?
In December 1984 my late father made a remark that I could not understand at the time, he said, “the leaders of Nigeria will know...
Mr President ‘Changes’ From Poor Man to Rich Man
Femi Aribisala is undoubtedly one of the brightest and most effective journalists and bloggers writing out of Nigeria. He is one writer who indeed never...
Buhari’s Choice and the Expected “Fashola Miracle”
When President Muhammadu Buhari won the 2015 general elections, he did so largely with the support of neutral and anti-PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) commentators. Everything...
Dasuki’s Warning to Buhari : Anti-Corruption Miss Road
Col Sambo Dasuki has sent a strong warning to President Muhammad Buhari; and the encoded message is “back off! or we both will share the...
Sambo Scandal & the “Owners of Nigeria”
Sambo Scandal & the “Owners of Nigeria” The “Sambo Scandal” (concerning one Col Sambo Dasuki) is just another story when compared to the full scale...
Is the TSA a Panacea to Corruption?
Is the TSA a Panacea to Corruption? Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a diehard neoliberal, adopted the Treasury Single Account (TSA). This was when she was Minister of...
Why “Anti-Corruption” is a Great Election Gimmick in Nigeria
Nigeria since independence in 1960 has had six democratically elected executives, the most recent being Muhammadu Buhari. The country has also had seven military heads of...
Buhari: Prince of Thieves
Buhari: Prince of Thieves President Buhari has searched and decided. The Department of State Services (DSS) has done its screening and clearing of candidates. Furthermore,...
The North–South West Election Alliance in Tatters
The South West has now been, rightfully or wrongfully, disaffected by President Muhammadu Buhari and his “Northern Bloc”. The unholy alliance between the North and...
The Blind Side of Anti-Corruption: What We May Not See
Nigeria appears to be definitively on track for major national and state anti-corruption initiatives; where the track will lead to nobody knows. The time and...
Wole Soyinka and Democratic Forgiveness?
Wole Soyinka and Democratic Forgiveness? In a very revealing and dramatic recent Guardian interview conducted by correspondent David Smith http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/29/wole-soyinka-interview-nigeria-corruption-goodluck-jonathan. Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka lamented the process of...
Wole Soyinka and Military Forgiveness? 2
Wole Soyinka and Military Forgiveness? 2 I must confess I have been keenly waiting for the next Wole Soyinka “moment.” Well, no matter how long...
Orubebe is Not Mad!
If one wants to explain why former Minister of the Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) behave the way he did...
Buhari Will Be Dead in Six Months’ Time
Buhari Will Be Dead in Six Months’ Time Muhammadu Buhari, a presidential candidate in the forthcoming 2015 General Elections, is reported to be terminally ill...
President Jonathan’s Boko Haram Excuse Is Inadequate
When President Goodluck Jonathan claimed he had “underestimated” the Boko Haram insurgency it was the latest in a long series of things he should not...
Nigeria Tested by Choice: Buhari or Jonathan or No One?
The 2015 elections in Nigeria are about Muhammadu Buhari of APC and Goodluck Jonathan of PDP. Those who are not voting will be voting for...
President Jonathan, What Are Your Spin Doctors Doing?
President Jonathan, What Are Your Spin Doctors Doing? Hashtag disaster has hit the Nigerian President and it because someone created the unfortunate and ill-advised #BringBackJonathan2015...
A New Kind of Thanks: To Goodluck Jonathan
After the the image-shattering debacle of the #BringBackJonathan2015 campaign, a new kind of thanks to a national leader has emerged. Many people especially the sycophants, spokesmen...
Goodluck Jonathan & the Ontology of the African
Can Africans in power ever get it right? They can but choose not to for reasons of venality and mediocrity and sometimes sheer stupidity. I...