Frank Talk

By Steve Nwosu Let me begin by saying that President Muhammadu Buhari has never disappointed me. And the reason is simple: I have never expected anything, other than what we are currently getting, from him. Unlike millions of…

But for the fact that we have a country that is fast relapsing into the days of our past that we would rather forget and, therefore, in need of rescuing, I would have just dismissed the judgments, drama and melodrama recently emerging from…

Having covered several elections in Nigeria, starting from the June 12, 1993 presidential election, and the build-up to that landmark election, I resolved, this time around, to drop my ‘journalist’ garb and don the vest of an INEC…

By Steve Nwosu Having covered several elections in Nigeria, starting from the June 12, 1993 presidential election, and the build-up to that landmark election, I resolved, this time around, to drop my ‘journalist’ garb and don the vest…

By Steve Nwosu CAVEAT EMPTOR: Let me begin with a not-too-empirical definition of Fake News, as I suspect the government of the day defines it: ‘Any news item, which is either unfavourable to the government or is not the ‘truth’ that…

If some people could be so creative to start a social media buzz about President Muhammadu Buhari, taking a new wife, choose a ‘suitable’ bride for him (in the person of the newly appointed minister of the newly created Ministry of…

This is one of the times I feel so happy with my absolute ignorance about budget matters. For if I were any smarter, I'd be among those currently splitting hairs over a financial projection that is, at best, an academic exercise. And it…

Please, whoever has not listened to what Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had to say at the 59th Independence Gala in Abuja last week would do well to see the video on Youtube. That is the best Independence Day speech Nigerians need at a time…

Several years ago, an Igbo irredentist friend of mine told me about an ethnic group, which has no such thing as forgiveness in its DNA. According to him, once you have offended any dyed-in-the-wool member(s) of this group, forget it.…

I spent the whole of last week trying to see how best to capture the near-nationwide stupidity going on in South Africa. But it all ended in futility – until I stumbled on this social media quote that was wrongly attributed to Dr. Robert…