Thursday Column

Thursday Column

The military is paying today for undermining the police yesterday

It is an oft-repeated assertion and is certainly true that the Nigerian military is overstretched and overwhelmed because the Nigerian Police is not p

Between priest, president and the rest of us

The Catholic priest, who has to his credit something Buhari had never enjoyed—a huge following in the South East

Revisiting that Orkar Coup

Last week, April 22, marked the 31 anniversary of the Gideon Orkar coup. For this week’s column, I am reproducing a piece I wrote on the 30th annivers

Between the European Super League and Nigeria’s PIB

It is remarkable watching the indignation unfold and at the same time drawing parallels between this and Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill, which like

A case of chronic political infidelity

It is customary at least, and it is expected, that as election season approaches, politicians will find themselves suddenly stricken by a strange diso