Sunday Column

Sunday Column

Playing defence with bullets

In a famous video tele-conference with governors of the United States last June, President Donald Trump was characteristically blunt.  And to some peo

A nation without a leader (II)

“This vacuum must not last.” Those are the words with which I ended my first reflection on this subject just seven months ago.  I was describing a vac

NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING

ANGER EQUALS DANGER: The youths of Nigeria are in ‘Anger’. And as ‘Anger’ is only one letter short of ‘Danger’, those who make Nigerians angry may be

#ENDSARS: The ‘Nigeria Youth’ Reset

Every Nigerian has a terrible police story.  The disbanded rogue Special Armed Robbery Squad (SARS) was only one of its elements, and it is fitting th

Understanding APC’s Indigestion

I quote the 2014 Manifesto of Nigeria’s ruling party (APC): “Since the historic merger that resulted in the birth of the All Progressives Congress, AP