Back Stage
What is happening in the Nigerian political stage is avoidable. I keep wondering why President Umaru Yar’Adua is being kept from all of us. Even in a totalitarian country like Cuba, the state of health of the former leader, Fidel Castro, was and still is, an open book. And when he knew that his health [...]
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Even before Goodluck Jonathan settled down, last Tuesday, to assume office as acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a message had begun circulating on mobile phones and e-mails parodying the Goodluck name in the acting President’s eventful journey from primary education to his present No. 1 status.
The message dwelled on the sinister [...]
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There is no smoke without fire, so the time-worn saying goes. So, Nigerians were surprised when the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Paul Dike and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Abdurrahman Dambazau made some soul stirring statements in Abuja on 25 January 2010. It was during the launching of the Nigerian Army [...]
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When we hold our editorial meetings, some of our editors know how to crack jokes to break the ice. In fact, last week was a pure glacier for us because President Yar’Adua’s illness drama was (and still is) so fluid that we were careful not to agree on a theme that could become stale the [...]
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Journalism is one profession that occupies the mind of its practitioners for 24 hours. When you are eating, or even picking your teeth, you think of where the next story will spring from. In the bathroom when you close your eyes and rub soap on your face, your mind drifts to how you will come [...]
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