Reuben Abati

Dis Fela Sef!: He lives

By Reuben Abati On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Benson Idonije, who is arguably Nigeria’s…

Reuben Abati: Muhammad Ali, The Greatest (1942-2016)

By Reuben Abati Muhammad Ali, who died late Friday evening aged 74, was one of…

Reuben Abati: Tomato scarcity as metaphor

By Reuben Abati One of the major news items in circulation has been the scarcity of…

Reuben Abati: Social Media And The English Language

By Reuben Abati  I get confused these days reading many of the posts on social media,…

Reuben Abati: The cost of national depression

By Reuben Abati “I hear the World Bank says Nigeria is now the worst place…

Reuben Abati: May Day, Tiwa Savage, Her Husband And Nigeria

By Reuben Abati “Ol’boy, man don see something oh.” “Wetin you see?” “My eyes don see…

Reuben Abati: The Senate needs to be rescued

By Reuben Abati The present Senate serving the Nigerian people runs the risk of being remembered…

The real rulers of Nigeria

By Reuben Abati During the Jonathan administration, an outspoken opposition spokesperson had argued that Nigeria was…

Panama Papers, Zuma and the DNA of Corruption

By Reuben Abati Where corruption is involved, African leaders seem to be utterly beyond shock.  Blacks…

The misogynists in Nigerian senate

By Reuben Abati What Senator Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti South) did with her presentation of a…