Sunset For The Sandhurst Oligarchs
Several hours before the winner of the 2019 presidential polls would officially become known, Fela Durotoye was already being treated to a feast of hi-fives and fist-bumps. Prior to the…
Several hours before the winner of the 2019 presidential polls would officially become known, Fela Durotoye was already being treated to a feast of hi-fives and fist-bumps. Prior to the…
Not until Muntader al-Zaidi’s act of suicidal daring was the world jolted to shoe-throwing as a form of Arab expression of deep social anger. Visiting President George Bush was only…
The ugly monkey is full of wiles and revels in iniquities. As the magic-realist tale from the folklore common in the coastal communities of Edo north goes, the comical primate…
On February 16, Nigerians will be voting for one or the other, literally. Inarguably, more than 90 per cent of eligible voters will be casting their ballot either for the…
An otherwise solid moral argument against Justice Walter Onnoghen is, alas, weakened by those uninformed enough to draw a parallel with the Ayo Salami affair, to justify the suspension of…
It appeared odd, if not outright farcical. Reappearing after disappearing briefly from the dinning-table that memorable morning in 2001, the steward miraculously produced a medium jar of Milo, to the…
President Olusegun Obasanjo always has a lot to say. Exactly one year ago, he wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu and things he had to say have been quoted…
Long before the National Assembly became known more or less as a “fattening grotto” for lawmakers on account of humongous compensation package received, that same arena was once inhabited by…
“Zombie no go think unless you tell am to think.” – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, in the song, Zombie In 1976, when Fela Anikulapo-Kuti released a song titled “Zombie’ as a metaphor…
There are variations in the tale of plots that eventuated in his dethronement some 34 years ago. But one account has never been in dispute – the introverted king had…