Columns and Opinions across Nigerian Newspapers

2019 Elections: The Race, The Alighnments…. - All the issues which APC campaigned against in 2015 have multiplied under this government: the Boko Haram insurgency which had very nearly been wiped out by the end of Jonathan’s time in office, has grown fiercer under Buhari Continue reading 2019 Elections: The Race, The Alighnments…. at Vanguard News.

Tribulations of Ambode: When good performance is not enough - Something had to be done to bring some fairness into Lagos politics and I took up the challenge to do it Continue reading Tribulations of Ambode: When good performance is not enough at Vanguard News.

Nigerian elections: Urging the media to wake-up - Unfortunately, at the end of every election in Nigeria, politicians begin immediately to plot for how to win the next contest four years away thereby turning the nation into an election country whose attention is completely distracted from development to politics Continue reading Nigerian elections: Urging the media to wake-up at Vanguard News.

Waiting for God 1 - My grand-daughter, Tatianna, asks me a question repeatedly. She says: “Grandpa, how old are you?” When I tell her I am 25 years old, she insists it is not possible. “You are my grandpa; you cannot be younger than my daddy.” Continue reading Waiting for God 1 at Vanguard News.