In the past year or so, I have become a sad man. I feel sorry for myself, as I cannot…
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IMF Data shows that Nigeria’s GDP per capita declined from $3,022 in 2014 to just $835.49 in 2024, signalling a…
Over the weekend, ASUU leadership issued a Riot Act: “address all lingering labour issues in the Nigerian University System to…
“If your plan is for one year, plant rice; if your plan is for ten years, plant trees; if your…
This week, the Zamfara terrorism kingpin, Bello Turji, has released 32 kidnapped persons and agreed to stop attacking farmers following…
The involvement of the private sector in building top-tier hospitals, as mentioned earlier, is simply a shortcut to stopping medical…
And so Buhari extricated himself from that definition because he made it known that he was not a politician. It enhanced his image as that of a serious man of integrity. And since he was not one of theM, therefore, he must be trustworthy. But that narrative was expanded by the majority of his base to cover Nigerians. He was seen as the only “upright man of integrity” in whose hands Nigeria’s wealth must be safe. And the price of that was being poor!
My good friend and senior colleague, Okello Oculi died on 26 July 2025, aged 83, after a brief illness. Originally…
In 2006, I was conducting research on animal traction in Maiduguri under the scorching sun of Ramadan. At the end…
The late General Buhari was a man who, on two occasions, was welcomed into office by Nigerians who dared to…