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President Goodluck Jonathan just wished Nigerians a “happy Christmas.” Is it merry or happy Christmas, Mr. President? Like many others, I’m left wondering whether we should actually be greeting “Merry Christmas,” or “Happy Christmas” at this time. I wanted to upbraid the President for choosing to go against the grain, but decided to do a […]

It is no news that President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari have been selected by their respective parties as the gladiators for the President’s crown in 2015. What should be a matter of concern are the indiscreet noises that we are beginning to read and hear from the social media regarding the two warriors. […]

I couldn’t help paying attention to a trending conversation on premier blogger Linda Ikeji’s latest toy – a N24m Range Rover Sport – which she promoted on her blog.  I want to join in. I’ve visited the Linda Ikeji blog twice before. The first was to study the strategy she uses to attract heavy traffic […]

I finally got around to reading Gov. Fashola’s “take-away” on the Ekiti polls. After going through it, I shook my head in awe. The Governor’s intelligence is legendary, but on this take-away, I thought he was simply disingenuous. For instance, since when did it become a given that being cerebral or a performing technocrat guarantees […]

Have Nigerian judges now decided to treat the criminal poor like the criminal rich? On Tuesday 13 March 2014, a magistrate, Mrs. Chinyere Nwacheonwu, handed down an unusual sentence to a man accused of stealing money from an Abuja Church: she asked one Augustine Bala (27) to sweep and clean for one month a church […]

…if am sitting on a seat and somebody is coming to remove me without consultation, I will hold on to the seat even if the seat want to break; Senator Aloysius Etok (above left), commenting on Gov. Godswill Akpabio’s ambition to unseat him as the Senator representing Ikot Ekpene District. The battle is now being […]

 I have read Facebook commentators drawing parallels between Nigerian security officers in Baga, Borno State, and American security in Boston, Massachusetts. This is silly .   All right-thinking people should deplore tragic loss of human life, especially when it results from willful acts of aggression or vendetta. Therefore, what was reported to have happened to the […]

There’s a good reason to admire Babatunde Fashola, the hardworking Governor of Lagos State; it’s so easy to see that the man wants to contribute a key chapter to, and not become another footnote in, the history of Lagos. All well-meaning folks should therefore support his ongoing efforts to make Lagos a better place for […]

There’s a good reason to admire Babatunde Fashola, the hardworking Governor of Lagos State; it’s so easy to see that the man wants to contribute a key chapter to, and not become another footnote in, the history of Lagos. All well-meaning folks should therefore support his ongoing efforts to make Lagos a better place for […]