Reuben Abati

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…

Tinubunomics: Matters arising

When in 1992, James Carville, Bill Clinton’s campaign strategist uttered the quip on television: “It’s…

Taking Odia Seriously: Honour to the Poet

Last Thursday, I was invited to review a book on Odia Ofeimun, one of Africa’s…

We Are All MohBad: A Cultural Essay

No other death of an artist has caught the popular imagination in Nigeria in recent…

Femi Adesina Faults Reuben Abati: Aso Villa Not Haunted By Evil Spirits

As the 29 May inauguration date for a new President inches closer, Mumammadu Buhari, the…

Watching The World Cup

Contrary to initial predictions that the on-going FIFA World Cup tournament in Qatar would be…

Nigeria: More Universities Where?

I stumbled on a story in the Nigerian media which says that the National Assembly…