President Muhammadu Buhari has declared the intention to run for the second term after months of speculation. The President said this on Monday at a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership.…
Former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu yesterday defied the order of Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose not to come to the state to campaign for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. He slammed ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo for his attacks on…
Nigeria is seriously distressed. Not only has it failed to serve as a melting pot for ethnic, religious and primordial cleavages, the Nigerian state has over the years, tended to reinforce these fault lines. Thus, we can only talk of…
Many wonder why the nationalists were able to return from London or America, lead political movements or parties and took over Nigeria in their 30s or 40s while four men in their forties – 2 from southwest, one from the…
For those tempted to give up on the Nigerian identity, three recent events should offer some reassurance. Though disparate in circumstances, they nonetheless collectively tell the story of tenacity in the face of denial, character under temptation and courage under…
Across the globe in modern democracies, face-off between the executive and legislative arms of government is not uncommon. Thus, it is not peculiar to Nigeria. In sane democracies across the world, the legislative and executive arms come into friction from…
In the last decade, billionaire Bill Gates is reputed to have funneled estimated $1.6b (Over N500b) of his own hard-earned fortune into humanitarian causes in Nigeria, especially immunization for kids against polio with a view to helping to end the…
TUESDAY WITH REUBEN ABATI I was in Morocco recently, about 20 years after I last visited Timbuktu, Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat and Laayoune. I was quite impressed to see how Morocco with its colour-coded cities remains very much an organized, efficient…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) commenced a public discourse on nation building, saying the time has come to arrest the dwindling fortunes of the country and stop the slide into anarchy. Welcoming participants at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja Monday, the…
Nigeria Super Eagles yesterday defeated Poland 1-0 at the Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw to put the team on course for a good showing at the summer World Cup in Russia. After a goalless first, Chelsea of England wing back, Victor Moses…