President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s unparalleled appointment of three official, cabinet-level spokesmen—in addition to 9 other senior media aides— symptomizes an insidious governmental malaise. It...
A few weeks ago, I spoke at a symposium in my university here in Georgia on the implications of the U.S. presidential election for...
Nigeria is doddering on the edge of never-before-seen economic desolation, but President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration’s major preoccupation is not to bring ministration to...
The internet is ablaze with a viral video of House of Representatives member Alexander Mascot Ikwechegh from Abia State—who, in an amusing slip of...
I fully anticipate that most Nigerians will figuratively call for my head after reading this headline. How could it be that a leader who...
The World Bank’s Senior Vice President by the name of Indermit Gill, who is originally Indian, incited mass panic in Nigeria on October 14...
October 1 is celebrated as Nigeria’s Independence Day. But Nigeria isn’t independent. It is, for all practical purposes, a dependent state, a satellite state,...
I had said to myself and to people close to me that I would never write again on the untenably rising prices of petrol...
I am taking a break from political commentary to everyday language usage this week. A few weeks ago, a British journalist who writes...
Many Nigerians invested hopes in the Dangote Refinery and thought it would bring stability to Nigeria’s chaotic petroleum industry. But on the cusp of...