It is everyone’s dreaded speech. It is usually not a speech you look forward to giving however, when it comes we brace up to the task. Everyone talks about how eulogies are unsung praises that should have been said while the person could hear. Some call them fake praises. It may or may not be…
This is a huge burden for me — I’m having to make a cautious balance between telling you some very interesting things about Bashir and being careful that I do not give Sahara Reporters another story for tonight. If there’s anything I am about to say that you feel I should keep away from Sahara…
Good morning dear friends, thank you so much for this privilege. Thank you. Thank you everyone here present and those who have joined in via zoom. At every gathering of the Abuja Global Shapers, there is a palpable passion for humanity, for change, and for development that can be felt deep inside. And even when…
(First Published 1st October, 2012, on Thisday Newspaper) Why is Nigeria so important? It is perhaps the only country on the African Continent with all the attributes of a great power: size, population, arable land, water, oil, forests, hard minerals, tourist potential, in fact everything you require for a major modern economy. Yet…………here we are….
He looked so ordinary – but the reality was far from that. He was sophisticated and tissued. Those who cared for the country and its rebirth knew he was playing a pivotal role. Despite his imperfections – like we all are – they loved and cherished him. My mother, who worked with him while he…
The one hour journey to Gwagwalada is reminiscent of my student days at the University of Abuja. Often, on Fridays, as the weekend kicked off, students like myself who had families in the town would hop into luxurious buses that would take us home. On Sunday evenings, or Monday mornings we would troop to the…
Corona virus is a law, yet lawless unto itself. As of yesterday it has claimed 183,424 lives worldwide and 28 Nigerians. One of those lives lost was Malam Abba Kyari’s, Chief of Staff to the President. Malam Abba succumbed to complications after contracting and recovering from Corona Virus a week today. Malam Abba Kyari was…
If there is any programme of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration that has enjoyed the most attention, spiced with unfair criticisms – hinged mostly on beer parlour facts – it is the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme (CCT). Once again, as if the pattern is scheduled for every two to three years, it is under the…
Whenever Seun Oluyemi came into Abuja, he picked me up to join his ‘waka-about’ around town. On every trip, I was always certain to meet a new person, chew on a new meal, or find a new location in the Federal Capital Territory. Seun is like the human heart, he never takes a pause, always…
Happy Mother’s Day – 2020 Thank you for all the years of sacrifice you put to see to it that myself and brothers got a fair deal in life. Thank you for those nights you kept awake, praying for us — even those nights you wept all through because you had no inkling of what…