By Reuben Abati
Candidly, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has done very well with June 12 by taking the narrative from where President Muhammadu Buahri left off, and choosing to give that date, the history and the symbolism of it, form, … Read the rest
By Reuben Abati
“Omo, how you dey?”
“I dey my dey oh. What’s up?”
“How you take see this Baba Tinubu’s mid-term score card”?
“My problem is that President Tinubu is in Lagos and we suffered for about two days. … Read the rest
By Reuben Abati
Octopuses are considered by biologists to be very crafty, clever, cephalopods, who have multiple brains and three hearts, and can easily manoeuvre their ways around even the most difficult circumstances. These Einsteins of the Deep can be … Read the rest
By Reuben Abati
There is a surge in insurgency in Nigeria. There is a ferocious return and dominance of the Boko Haram, the terror group in Nigeria linked with Al Qaeda and ISIS at various times, but which has now … Read the rest
By Reuben Abati
When the latest wave of defections began in March 2025, marked by the high profile exit of Mallam Nasir El Rufai from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party, of which he is a founding member, … Read the rest
By Reuben Abati
I was abroad when the CBEX scandal broke: somehow, I tend to be out of town when Nigerians get into very serious trouble but it has been my singular misfortune, and this has happened so many times … Read the rest
By Reuben Abati
The killing last Friday of 16 Northern travellers along the Uromi-Ubiaja road in Edo state is an event that will live in infamy. Twenty-five travellers from Port Harcourt going home to the North, Kano specifically for the … Read the rest
By Reuben Abati
“Have you been following the developments at the Lagos State House of Assembly?”
“High wire politics. Power Game. Man pass man. Man pass woman. Two Speakers in 50 days. Perfect material for a Nollywood film”
“Omo… as … Read the rest
By Reuben Abati
The most important event in Nigeria in the last week has been the publication and public presentation in Abuja, of a book titled A Journey in Service: An Autobiography of Ibrahim Babangida. In many ways, this should … Read the rest
