A stroll down my memory lane, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Let me tell you my story dredged up from my recent stroll down my memory lane. I occupied a vintage front seat […]
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The president and the silent trumpets
By Dan Agbese Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 The late premier of the Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardaunan Sokoto, was once quoted to have said that […]
Why getting the economy right matters
By Dan Agbese Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo was in Washington last week to talk shop with US and World Bank officials on issues […]
The stormy priest: birthday tribute to Bishop Kukah
By Dan Agbese Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 The encomiums and the tributes are pouring down like the cool rain on Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, bishop of […]
Ndigbo and 2023, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 It should be possible for the rest of us to understand the frustrations of Ndigbo in the hands of their two big […]
APC and PDP: the crises of internal self-sabotage,By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 In the normal course of human progress and development, the forthcoming 2023 general elections ought to be our finest moments so far. […]
Voices of history: The manipulation of religion in Nigeria, By Dan Agbese
Dr Yusufu Bala Usman. Remember him? Not many of us dare forget the late radical, leftist scholar, an historian who positively influenced young students in […]
(Voices of history) The manipulation of religion in Nigeria, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Dr Yusufu Bala Usman. Remember him? Not many of us dare forget the late radical, leftist scholar, an historian who positively influenced […]
Save the country, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Since the conclusion of the party primaries, the politicians have engaged themselves in the unproductive labour of throwing brickbats. Allegations, accusations, and […]
Pork marks on the face of our democracy, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Bickering is a permanent feature of our national politics. You cannot blame those who bicker. They do so because they feel cheated […]
When enough is not enough, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Five months after the university teachers went on strike, President Muhammadu Buhari condescended at last this week to react to it but […]
The mental case of our politicians, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Sometime last month, Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of Labour Party, mildly shocked us when he declared, […]
Between Shagari and Buhari, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 The past has an uncanny way of catching up with the present. Here is a fine example. When he overthrew President Shehu […]
Voices of history 2: Corruption is good, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Corruption has held this country in thrall for a very long time. No other national affliction comes even close. I am fascinated […]
Sir Ahmadu Bello’s dreams and our current nightmare
By Dan Agbese Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 In his autobiography, My Life, published in 1962, the late premier of the Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardaunan Sokoto, wrote: “They […]
Power seekers as the nation’s fixers
By Dan Agbese Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 I am a connoisseur of the avuncular promises and pledges by politicians. I have consumed such promises from agbada […]
The north must let go in 2023, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 The 2023 general election season is now upon us. The politicians and their parties are working out the maths of winning or […]
FCT Minister canvasses credibility in mobilisation of corps member
By Folasade Akpan Abuja, May 1Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Musa Bello, says that the credibility of the NYSC mobilisation process is […]
We walk. And we limp (1) By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Nigeria’s capacity for self-sabotage is legendary. It has sabotaged its rise to greatness and thus remains stuck in the murk of its […]
For our sake, they seek our mandate, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 The arena is crowded with presidential aspirants, all in pursuit of what matters most in life – political power. We expected it. […]
Not the best of times for the president, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 0805500191 These are not the best of times for President Muhammadu Buhari. This is the time he should be dotting the i’s and […]
The wahala in a fluid political system, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 The two major political parties, PDP and APC, are engaged in a titanic struggle to prevent their implosion over the lingering and […]
Abandoned promises (2): in search of the 40,000mw, By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 Man may not live by bread alone, but he must live on the promises of his political leaders. A promise is about […]
Buhari’s missed path to getting our education right (2) By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 At the special retreat for the executive council of the federation under reference, the minister of education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, made at […]
Buhari’s missed path to getting our education right (1) By Dan Agbese
Email: [email protected] SMS: 08055001912 The current ASUU strike is as good a time as any for the nation to pause, even if briefly, from the madness […]