Impudence, Buhari said. He meant imprudence
In President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2000-word Independence Day address to Nigerians, he appeared determined to portray the image of a unifier. He used th
Sunday Column
Sunday Column
Mixed Metaphors: Buhari’s Niger Rail, Obaseki’s Time
I congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari for swiftly congratulating Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki following last week’s election. It was a decisi
Soldiers learn war, not peace
As I wrote this story last week, the Government of Nigeria was in Edo, my home state, trying to buy the governorship election scheduled for yesterday.
The Graveyard of Intellectuals and Technocrats
In his song, The Poverty of Philosophy, the socially conscious Peruvian-American rapper, Immortal Technique, calls our attention to the dilemma of tra
The Science of Surrender
Early in February 2017, I identified “The Fall of Buhari, and the APC.” It was only one and a half years into President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term,