Reuben Abati

Onakoya: Playing Chess from The Slum to World Record

Tunde Onakoya, the 29-year-old Nigerian Chess Master who has just broken the World Record for…

The Abducted Children of Kuriga and Other Stories

On March 7, 2024, we all woke up to the bewildering news that students of…

The Casualties of Okuama

These prefatory lines are taken from J.P. Clark’s “The Casualties” (1970), a most poignant poem…

New Justices of the Supreme Court

When Justice Olukayode Ariwooola, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) retires from the Bench in 2024,…

“Emi Lokan, Awa Lokan” and the Discontents

  Reuben Abati  “Bros, how body? Have you seen what I have seen?” “No. How do…

AFCON 2023: Why Super Eagles deserve some praise for making it to the finals

Big, loud and hearty congratulations to the people and government of the Republic of Ivory…

A National Emergency on Insecurity

The biggest problem Nigeria faces at the moment beyond the parlous state of the economy…

2024: Looking Forward

It is a new year, a new month, a new day, and fittingly, this is…

Off-Cycle Elections: Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa

Off-cycle elections in Nigeria are elections that are held outside the usual timetable for general…

Three Lessons in Management and Leadership

Writing this piece, I am aware that perhaps the biggest lessons and examples in leadership…