Sunday Column

Sunday Column

The art of self-sabotage

Last Tuesday, the infamous Lagos-Ibadan expressway, which I refer to as Route One, was again shut down.  A petrol tanker had upturned on the highway,

The one change Nigeria needs

On Twitter last week, Nigeria leader Muhammadu Buhari wrote: “Happy Birthday to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of our great party, the APC

Four fingers for decree four?

Some good things happened in the presidential and National Assembly elections of last weekend. There was the resounding defeat of Bukola Saraki, the r

What Sambo Dasuki symbolises

I write this ahead of Nigeria’s re-scheduled presidential and National Assembly elections of February 23, 2019.  It will be available after the electi

In-built failure and a complicit press

Campaigning in Uyo in March 2011, Nigeria’s then leader, Goodluck Jonathan, assured the country he would, if elected, undertake new road and rail infr