Looking under the carpet, by Dan Agbese
Let me tell you about my new hobby. It is called, believe me, looking under the carpet. Sounds rather crazy for a hobby but that […]
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State of the mess, by Dan Agbese (2)
By Dan Agbese A more acceptable name for mess is, of course, challenge. This word is the great mover of human progress and development. It […]
State of the mess, by Dan Agbese
My colleague, Soji Akinrinade, and I interviewed Major-General (as he was called then) Muhammadu Buhari sometime in 2003 in his presidential suite at the Nicon, […]
Our dysfunctional local government system and rural development, by Dan Agbese
Sometime in 2019, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance in both the Obasanjo and the Jonathan administrations, spoke of the need for federal and […]
Not in defence of Bishop Kukah, by Dan Agbese
The dust Bishop Hassan Kukah raised in his Christmas 2020 sermon has somewhat settled down. At least, I cannot feel it swirling around anymore and […]
The presidential address that never was, by Dan Agbese
I am sure you too must have been as pleasantly surprised as I was to learn late last week that President Muhammadu Buhari had accepted […]
Stomach infrastructure, by Dan Agbese
Despite the gloom that has virtually settled on our country – heightened insecurity, recession, hunger, poverty and the stifling of the right of our youths […]
That Kaduna meeting revisited, Dan Agbese
Three weeks or so ago as of this writing, the leading political lights in northern Nigeria – state governors, federal and state legislators, ministers and […]
The last desperate act of a liar, by Dan Agbese
Donald Trump believes he is the best thing to happen to the United States of America. His Republican Party supporters believe this atrocious claim too. […]
Their moral burden, Dan Agbese
Here is something you should find as interesting as I do. We have a huge national asset that we seem to ignore as we cast […]
The needle sleeps in the haystack, by Dan Agbese
The judicial panel set up by the Lagos State government to find out who authorised the army to shoot the #EndSARS peaceful protesters at the […]
The anti-FSARS protests, by Dan Agbese
It would be uncharitable not to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari for his prompt response to the people’s outcry against the killer unit of the Nigeria […]
In case they didn’t tell the president, by Dan Agbese
In the last one week or so, some very eminent Nigerians, either individually or in groups, have issued statements on the unacceptable state of the […]
Ego-tripping in the National Assembly, by Dan Agbese
The wasteful obsession of the national assembly with the review of the constitution has quite often baffled me. What really is it about? Is it […]
“Modern slaves are not in chains; they are in debts”
By Dan Agbese The possible loss of our sovereignty as a debtor nation naturally offends the foot soldiers of patriotism. You cannot blame them. But […]