Reuben Abati

Octopus Wike and the PDP

Octopuses are considered by biologists to be very crafty, clever, cephalopods, who have multiple brains…

Defections And Threat of One-Party State

When the latest wave of defections began in March 2025, marked by the high profile…

CBEX Wealth Chasers, NDIC and the Fate of Depositors

I was abroad when the CBEX scandal broke: somehow, I tend to be out of…

Pope Francis (1936 – 2025)

Pope Francis who died yesterday morning, April 21, at the age of 88 was a…

The Uromi 16 And The Problem With Nigeria

The killing last Friday of 16 Northern travellers along the Uromi-Ubiaja road in Edo state…

Nasir El-Rufai’s Defections: PDP, CPC, APC, SDP

Perhaps the most important political event, this week in Nigeria, so far, nobody knows if…

Babangida’s Book

The most important event in Nigeria in the last week has been the publication and…

The Coming Food Revolution in Lagos

Over the years, a major received wisdom in Nigeria is that agriculture is the mainstay…

The Second Coming of Donald Trump

The most important global event yesterday, January 20, 2025, was the inauguration of Donald J.…

A New Beginning in Ghana

It is a new day and a new beginning in Ghana today, January 7, as…