Barrister Jubril Salami is my good friend. Our friendship started at Henry Carr Hall, University of Lagos. I cannot immediately remember how our friendship started but we became friends and shared ideas about different things including Nigeria’s political situation. Then,…
LGA Autonomy: Now that the Supreme Court has ruled — Magnus Onyibe
Now that the Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled on the contentious local government autonomy issue, the next step is significant. Folks who would ordinarily not vie to become Local Government Area, LGA chairman—simply because the role was essentially a…
An ode to the British edition of Reader’s Digest — Isidore Emeka Uzoatu
It’s often a matter of propriety to shower praise on the dead. The more so when the deceased is human. But even that is apart from some rare occasions. Like when Nigeria’s then conscience, the Late Gani Fawehimi, upon the…
As Nigeria transits from Baba Go- Slow to Mr Go- Fast — Magnus Onyibe
As the immediate past Minister of information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohamed, recently revealed in a media chat, President Mohammadu Buhari whose tenure just ended on May 29 is aware that Nigerians had nicknamed him Mr Go-Slow while he was…
2023 Presidency: From polling booth to tribunal bench — Isidore Emeka Uzoatu.
The battle for the determination of the winner of the February 25th presidential election has since left the polling booth. What with a president elect already put in place (no pun intended), awaiting swearing in on the 29th day of…
June 12, the mandate – Wole Soyinka
(As prepared for the formal recognition of June 12, 1993, and conferment of national honours on stalwarts of that struggle.) The annulment of the presidential elections of June 12, 1993 was a negative watershed in Nigerian history. It opened…
Who is advising President Buhari or who is he listening to? – Magnus Onyibe
I disagree with those claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari can’t be second-guessed. Put plainly, I don’t share the sentiment that Mr. President can’t be predicted. And here is why: To jeopardise President Buhari’s quest for a second term in office…