The House That Uche Secondus Built
There’s a photograph making rounds on Nigerian social media that perfectly captures everything wrong with how wealth works in this country. It shows Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the…
There’s a photograph making rounds on Nigerian social media that perfectly captures everything wrong with how wealth works in this country. It shows Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the…
Nigerian elections never end. But the cycle gets into overdrive roughly one year before a fresh general election. This is somewhat understandable. Politicians seeking re-election and those who want to…
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra recently brought up the inability of successive governments to invest in post-civil war reconstruction, at a forum of southeast governors. The Federal Government, he said,…
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) to resist external pressure from ECOWAS on military rule – have just…
Makoko clings to the edge of Lagos Lagoon like a prayer whispered over water. For more than a century, this fishing community has been home to the Egun people –…
After months of dallying and endless speculations, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State finally broke ranks with Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, his in-law, mentor and political godfather. Yusuf had been…
Atiku Abubakar has long reached retirement age. In fact, it has been more than three decades since he retired from the Nigerian Customs Service, diving straight into politics, and contesting…
It’s official. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has parted ways with Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, his longtime mentor, boss and political godfather. This comes after 30 years of mentorship in the Kwankwaso…
As US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in office by expanding his wish list from making Canada the 51st State of America to seizing and renaming the…
A 30-Year-Long Political Contest It now seems like a century ago when President Bola Tinubu uttered the words emi lokan in the lead up to the 2023 presidential election. It…