Today is the last Saturday of Ramadan 1439.
“Anybody who headed a military regime subverted the wishes of the people… We all subverted the wishes of the people.
This piece was inspired by a video of the Kenyan National Prayer Breakfast, which recently went viral.
Africa is at a crossroads.
The sight of President Muhammadu Buhari recently in a meeting with those dainty ladies, the wives of the 36 state governors assured us that they have at last won his regard as to their usefulness and their status in the scheme of things.
Is it possible for the opposition to have more money than the incumbent in a Nigerian election contest? President Buhari himself raised this question when he told members of the Buhari Media Support Organisation that visited him last Friday that his political opponents are sitting on “incredible financial resources” ahead of next year’s elections.
I join in praising Falz for his now internationally-acclaimed video, “This is Nigeria.
Readers may recall that last year’s Ramadan we dedicated the series of columns to “Ramadan in Other Places” where people wrote in with their experiences of fasting in difficult or unfamiliar places and climes.
This week, we celebrate 19 years of the Forth Republic.
I was researching for the above article for my last week’s column when news filtered that Buhari had used innuendo to accept Obasanjo’s repeated challenges over his ambition to seek re-election in 2019.
Is it safe now to say all is well that ends well – that President Muhammadu Buhari has put out the fire that had threatened to engulf his party? I honestly think it is too early in the day to answer this question in the affirmative.
I came into Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, last week to see how the government works despite all the odds – Boko Haram carnage and low revenues as a result of the fall in oil prices in 2015.