THE recent passage of Dr. Stanley N. Macebuh closes a chapter in Nigeria’s golden age of journalism, inspired by two New York imports. Macebuh was one, Dele Giwa the other. Macebuh and Giwa were both hired from New York to work in Daily Times. In his tribute to Giwa, who was assassinated in 1986, Macebuh […]
March 2010
The British Virgin
RICH and powerful Abuja businessmen are in love with the British Virgin. There are 60 such “virgins” but the affluent in Abuja are attracted to only four of them. These four do not bear British-sounding names: Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke. Of the original 60 virgins, 44 can still claim to be […]
The Resolution that Became Law
Abuja is a city divided since penultimate Monday when the National Assembly made its famous resolution, urging Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to seize power, as acting president. There is palpable excitement in many offices and ominous disquiet in many others. You get into some offices and immediately feel the excitement in the air, a feeling […]
Power Mongers & the Rest of Us
I like the simple and the ideal, and I love keeping to a gentleman agreement. And so, at the risk of going against the current tide of public propaganda, I would like to toe a different line, to remind us of where we are coming from, and what we ought to have done at this […]