Penpoint

Penpoint

The year 1967, and fifty years later …

Many thanks must go to the governments of Kano, Kwara, Lagos and Rivers states for marking the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of states in the c

Some gossip and the joys of recovery

Dearest Buhari,  You know, to be honest, the most difficult part about you being away is not spending time with you in the other room. But I will

Osinbajo’s presidential powers: Between law and semantics

Two days after President Muhammadu Buhari left the country on his most recent medical vacation, the letter he wrote to the National Assembly transmitt

National Assembly budget details: Beyond the disclosure

During last Thursday’s plenary sessions of the two chambers of Nigeria’s bicameral  National Assembly, the 2017 budget was passed. At

Is Nigeria the 24th province of China?

“Daddy, Is everything made in China”? The rather disarming question came from this author’s young daughter when she was just eight y