Frank Talk

By Steve Nwosu Under normal Nigerian circumstances, Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), should be embattled by now. Other things being equal, he should be…

By Steve Nwosu For some inexplicable reason, every time I hear the name Emefiele, my treacherous mind immediately begins to scroll back this photo (below). Somebody told me it was taken several moons ago, when Central Bank Governor…

By Steve Nwosu There are many reasons why I'll not be forgetting Governor Gboyega Oyetola's Osun State in a hurry. And it is not just because His Excellency invited me for the state's 30th anniversary colloquium. Nor that Yours…

By Rose MOSES President Muhammadu Buhari can be likened to teenage Emperor Nero who, according to a Roman legend, set the city of Rome ablaze and stood aside to watch and play his fiddle while the great city burned. Or how else would…

By Steve Nwosu  A friend of mine, with a very criminal sense of humour, told me last week that it's because embattled super cop Kyari has a very low criminal rating, that he was simply named "ABBA". This contrast sharply with his 'boy',…

By FEMI ADESINA Which one is Iberiberism again o? What kind of English shall we not hear in this country? Well, the word is not regular English language, neither is it my creation. The copyright belongs to former Imo State governor,…

A few years ago, when we still had the liberty to think, and freely express our thoughts in Nigeria, I would have sworn that the tweet at the centre of the ongoing face-off between the Nigerian government and Twitter, the American social…

By Steve Nwosu Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, former Senate President and later, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, is not one given to frivolities. Though he remains a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…

Dateline Enugu. Akanu Ibiam International Airport. April 11, 2021. The flight was supposed to be for around 4:55 pm on that fateful Sunday. And my friends were checked in around 4:00 pm. One of them had even left for the airport at a…

By Steve Nwosu Dear Ordinary Nigerian, I don't know what the situation of your personal finance and general wellbeing is at the moment, but in the books of the APC government of President Muhammadu Buhari, we have exited recession.…