Omicron: The ban by UK and Canada, Dan Agbese
The United Kingdom and Canada have incurred the wrath of the Nigerian government and the people, as indeed they should – and unwisely invited themselves […]
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Time to stand on our heads, by Dan Agbese
The Daily Trust cartoon of November 28 went viral, as indeed it should. Because it packs humour and raises issues about the giddy mathematics of managing our […]
The World Bank’s bad news about our economy, Dan Agbese
The bad news is that our national economy remains stubbornly defiant. Past and present efforts to solve its inherent historical problems and cure it of […]
The #ENDSARS panel report, by Dan Agbese
I bet I was not the only one who feared that the work of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on Restitution for Victims […]
Impunity and the assault on our freedom, Dan Agbese
Ghosts are everywhere in the land. Every state has them on its payroll. They take the blame for all cases of corruption as well as […]
The press matters: Tribute to the Nobel Peace Laurates, by Dan Agbese
The Norwegian Nobel Committee did something almost unthinkable on October 8 when it awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists: Maria Ressa and […]
The hollow rituals of democracy, by Dan Agbese
Sometime in 1996, my good friend, the late Abidina Coomassie, published a book, Political Opportunism, in which he primarily excoriated the political enemies of the late […]
Our policemen baby-sitting our big men, Dan Agbese
The lives of important people matter. Here is some evidence. There are 400,000 personnel in the Nigeria Police Force. For a population of 170 million […]
Pardon my foolish question, by Dan Agbese
These are confused and confusing times for our nation. Nothing seems to add up. Our political leaders are torn between what would swell their swollen […]
What would Tafawa Balewa say?, Dan Agbese
Saturday, October 1, 1960. The Union Jack came down from the flag pole and yielded a permanent place to a new national flag – green-white-green. […]
2023: The North must let go, by Dan Agbese
The season is virtually upon us. The politicians are sharpening their knives for 2023. The sound is becoming jarringly louder. Prayer warriors are being pressed […]
Echoes of K.O. Mbadiwe, Dan Agbese
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has raised an issue that appears to have escaped us as we labour to explain to ourselves why our country has […]
Amaechi’s “confession”, by Dan Agbese
The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, stepped into the cauldron of controversy this week. At an interview with the Daily Trust, he was quoted as saying […]
The dawn of the twilight zone, by Dan Agbese
“I won’t leave office as a failure.” That confident statement by President Muhammadu Buhari last week, sought to address one important issue, namely, to re-assure […]
IBB at 80: A birthday tribute and his good leadership prescription, by Dan Agbese
Former President Ibrahim Babangida, the beloved Maradona in our national politics, turned 80 on August 17. The current of history has moved him down stream […]