Category: Column
The Generals’ Call, Our Rails, and Our Fear for the Future (1), by Hassan Gimba
By Hassan Gimba General Christopher Musa, the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, recently urged us to learn combat skills to protect ourselves when faced with danger. He...
Tinubu:Before ASUU’s Strike
Tinubu:Before ASUU’s Strike Since the assumption of office in 2023 by President Bola Tinubu,one of the areas of governance his administration has achieved relative...
Why Lagos.Yes Lagos (and Abuja too). The North is Mobilized, Not Marginalised
By Sunday Dare Daily Trust’ recent headline screamed: “In Two Years, Lagos Gets ₦3.9 Trillion Projects.” Sensational, Yes. Accurate? Hardly. Numbers...
Nigeria’s Top Oil Boss Walking into A Trap
Azu Ishiekwene When I wrote that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is an animal that eats its curator for lunch, it sounded like a stretch. But so...
Monday Lines 2 ‘ADC is a mere distraction
Monday Lines 2 ‘ADC is a mere distraction’ By Lasisi Olagunju Yesterday, someone asked me to give my current impression of that coalition party called the...
PDP/”Nomadic” Politicians: Season of Anomie
PDP/”Nomadic” Politicians: Season of Anomie At every point of Nigeria’s political evolution, leaders and politicians are not short of increasing our...
AI as the new indolence, that Netanyahu call, Salah’s tweet and our Kwam mentality (2)
By Hassan Gimba But in reality, they do not know who they are, having become vessels for the new indolence that has deprived them of self-awareness and natural...
Nigeria: Why Brazil. Yes, Brazil
Nigeria: Why Brazil. Yes, Brazil By Sunday Dare Three visits in less than a year. That is not mere coincidence, it is deliberate strategy. And as usual, disingenuous...
Power sector: The watts that weren’t!
By abiodun komolafe There was a delusion that the privatization of the power sector – an existing, dilapidated monopoly – would be as straightforward and eventually...
Putin As the President’s Medicine
Azu Ishiekwene European leaders often portray Russian President Vladimir Putin as a tyrant, a land grabber, and a Russian bear. And following the outbreak of the...
