Bola Tinubu’s Brain Versus Peter Obi’s Brain

 By Onu Onwe 

The soapbox is a tempting platform. The politician and other users of it who utilize it to deliver an opinion may be seduced by the spontaneity it offers to say that which may be out of sync with their actual reasoning or intention. 

*Obi and Tinubu

That is why the soapbox is a dangerous place for all speakers. But Bola Tinubu, the president of Nigeria, has utilized it very well to his own advantage because Nigerian society is an “unthinking” one where emotional outbursts such as the one he delivered at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, recently may escape critique or questioning. This essay attempts to critique or question it.

PFIPC Scandal: The Joke Is On Aso Rock

 By Ikechukwu Amaechi

Nigeria is one country where scandals break at the speed of light. As a public commentator, you can hardly keep pace.

*Adeyemi: DG of the 'fake' agency

On May 15, terrorists raided three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting 46 people, including 39 schoolchildren. The victims, who include seven teachers and a toddler, have spent almost two months at God knows where. Two teachers were killed – one of them during the raid while the other, Mr. Michael Oyedokun, a mathematics teacher, was beheaded in captivity.

On the same day, terrorists struck in Borno State, whisking away more than 50 schoolchildren from Mussa Central Primary and Junior Secondary Schools in Askira-Uba Local Government Area. Most of the children are below the age of 10. Despite the initial outrage, Nigerians have moved on as they are wont to do.