Peter Obi’s Dangerous Game
Peter Obi has the best chance against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 of all opposition candidates. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may have received a…
Peter Obi has the best chance against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 of all opposition candidates. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may have received a…
I met him several times after he became Nigeria’s president in 2015, but the meetings did not change my impression of him as an enigma. Yet, as history peels back…
The death of General Muhammadu Buhari on July 13, 2025, in a London hospital is a haunting image of the contradictions which surrounded his singular but ultimately disappointing political career.…
It’s hard not to love US President Donald Trump. He is the world’s most powerful president and wears his preeminence on his sleeve. Not for him the crooked modesty of…
For months, Nigerians waited with bated breath for the announcement that could change everything. The country’s fractured opposition would finally unite, they hoped, forming a coalition powerful enough to sink…
There’s a part of my job that can swallow you whole. Journalists are brought up on a diet whose main ingredients are a deliberate blend of crime, sex, and money.…
The proper thing to do when readers respond to a newspaper article is to respect their right of reply. There were two irate responses to my article last week, “Not…
The WhatsApp notifications came flooding in on June 15th, as they do every Father’s Day. But a closer examination revealed something deeply unsettling about how we celebrate—or fail to celebrate—the…
I encountered the relic of his presence long before I met Sam Amuka, known as Uncle Sam. Inside a room in the far corner of the old Kudeti PUNCH building,…
Boarding announcements were not an issue when I used to commute in Lagos by danfo, the ubiquitous yellow buses, or molue, the mass-transit lorries, which were improvised for public transportation.…