I think it is safe to say that the prospect of this generation seeing an Igbo Presidency is fast fading. Infact don’t let me mince words,...
I have really refrained from giving a public opinion on this matter. As one with a voice, no matter how whittled down, one most be very...
If you were a fan of the dissolved News of the world you would understand what I am trying to do with this title. They were...
In politics, a very powerful strategy sometimes is to fly kites. Since we lack sophisticated methods of gauging public opinions through well conducted polls and other...
My people, I have come into some facts; real facts that have shown that the problem is not Buhari o. It is us and our priorities....
The pure definition of a cowardly people is the ability to run round in circles instead of facing a major problem. So, they will embark on...
I have been in a running battle with some very influential members of the Duke Summit. Not only them but it seems a large swath of...
The pictures and posts came like a quick silver German Army attack. The kinds of attacks that dropped bombs on London during the second world war...
Let me first out myself. I am a former employee of FCMB. I worked there for a bit in the securities trading arm, CSL. CSL is...
He shot from the hips as he is wont to do. He never minces words and I think the believe in his infallibility or inability to...
I met someone over the weekend and we had a long conversation on Nigerian politics. He is a Nigerian from the diaspora who has come back...
So, our master just got bail. He was remanded for standing surety for a man who had been accused of stealing our future. Here was a...
Daily we read of all sorts of feedback from the authorities. Among these are protesters being labelled terrorists, accounts frozen with support from the courts, detentions,...
Now, I really do like swimming against the tide. It is my forte. Most times, I do that not because I really believe in the position...
Finally, the backs of the teeming youth population have finally hit the wall. They have been brutalized, maligned, raped and rendered totally inconsequential. They have even...
What a lot of people do not know is the fact that nation building is actually not a process that begins and ends at the very...
This was a first. The ‘greatest’ political leader in our history and the self-proclaimed leader of all democrats went to his backyard with rough vegetation behind...
You cannot begin to imagine my excitement. Not understanding the very deep issues involved in this tangle, the shallow-minded chapters of the almost moribund NUJ in...
I have been in close contact with Chief Fani Kayode for some time now. He is a regular reader of my column and we discuss these...
The life and history of the departed have lessons for those of us on this side of the veil. ‘Senator Esho Jinadu (Buruji Kashamu) in his...
She sent me a video on Saturday as I was in the thick of raising my annual funds for widows. She looked divine and unusually beautiful....
By Joseph Edgar… Can I borrow this from popular Artiste, FALZ, whose acerbic and punchy song and video of the same title rankled a lot of...
The much anticipated stage play Isale Eko came alive on stage last week to the delight of theatre goers who came in their numbers to enjoy...
Life is tough brutish and short in Nigeria. The people daily slave for pittance while the elites in their struggle for power trample on the basic...
By Oise Oikelomen… This piece is a response to an article of same title by Mr Joseph Edgar in his Talk to Power column. I am...
My daughter Koko is in Primary School and is on the lookout for a competent secondary school. The mother, a very beautiful damsel from Imo state...
By Joseph Edgar And the buildings came crashing. That seems to be the lot of Lagosians. Buildings crashing down, killing innocent and hapless people who have...
By Joseph Edgar . . . My phone suddenly came alive yesterday in the morning. It rang with a vengeance. I looked at the number and...
By Joseph Edgar . . . . I was just going through the returns as rendered by Zenith Bank on how it utilized the forex allocated...
By Joseph Edgar . . . Let me reveal a small secret. I have sold bread before. I sold on the streets of Shomolu for about...
By Joseph Edgar . . . Just like when Bill Clinton told the Americans during one of his election campaigns that it was the economy, I...
By Joseph Edgar . . . This is why it is not good to procrastinate. I had wanted to weigh in heavily on this matter but...
By Joseph Edgar . . . Look I saw this one legged approach to governance long before the elections. I tried to say it but my...
By Joseph Edgar . . . Here I am on very unfamiliar grounds. I am not a constitutional lawyer and as such remain incompetent in this...
By Joseph Edgar . . . I am calmly asking for the resignation of Dr. Ibe Kachikwu. The simple reason is that despite all the noise...
By Joseph Edgar . . . I have received the allocation of portfolios with excitement. Babatunde Fashola’s appointment as the Minister for power, works and Housing...
By Joseph Edgar . . . Here I am trying not to get angry. The federal Government is proposing to give unemployed youths N5,000 monthly allowance...
By Joseph Edgar . . . Nigeria has always been known for its very weak regulatory environment. In fact it is very well known globally as...
By Joseph Edgar … . Much as I hate joining the bandwagon, I simply cannot resist it this time. Buhari’s list has been eliciting all sort...
By Joseph Edgar … Some names are being touted as possible Ministers. I have tried to ignore these various lists until I saw the cover of...
By Joseph Edgar … This statement at the inauguration led to a lot of comments and jokes. We are today beginning to see the full import...
By Joseph Edgar …. The title of this piece shows very aptly my present state of mind. This is what our people in the slums of...
By Joseph Edgar … As I look into the next 18 months, I see this administration fighting an impeachment battle. I also see this administration coming...