Death of Ubulu Uku monarch, when silence is not golden
You may never have heard of this community called Ubulu Uku in Aniocha South Local Government area of Delta State. It is a sleepy, agrarian town which shares deep antiquity…
Examining Danbatta’s 8-Point Agenda for Telecoms
Of all the many appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari, two have been hailed as fitting, proper and eminently meritorious. The appointment of Dr. Ibe Kachikwu as Group Managing Director…
Rage in Abia and Allied Matters
The recent raid of the home of Hon. Eziuche Ubani, the Commissioner for Works, Abia State, by security agents calls to memory the pain visited on Nigerians in the dark,…
Commentary: I Wonder as Buhari Wanders…
Where is our President today? In China, Paris or Swaziland? I ask because you never know with a wandering man. Men really ought to wander. They ought not to sit…
Commentary: Nigeria LNG as a metaphor
It is not always that the Nigerian narrative is told as a beautiful story with a happy ending. The story line drips with dirt, graft and miasma. The actors are…
Commentary: Corruption Dogs DISCOs
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has just fined the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) the sum of N131, 400, 000.00 for “flagrant breaches” of the Credited Advance Payment on…
Commentary: Nigeria Telecom Goes to Hungary
This month of October, precisely from October 12th to 15th, a strong Nigerian delegation would be in Budapest, Hungary for this year’s ITU Telecom World, the yearly feast of telecom…
Commentary: Rochas and His Circus Show…
Rochas Okorocha, the governor of Imo State, is by every benchmark a political mutant. He has been in and out of different political parties at dizzying frequency; just the…
Buhari: 100 Days of Sound and Fury
If Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States did not place a timeline of first 100 days in the life of the US congress during his tenure,…
Commentary: Rogues on Lagos Roads
Without doubt, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has shown both spark and spunk. He, it was, who chased tanker drivers out of Oshodi-Apapa highway. It was almost like magic….