Frank Talk

By Steve Nwosu By midday of Sunday, May 28, most filling stations in my part of Lagos suddenly, and curiously, ran out of petrol, and closed shop. Those that remained open were selling only diesel. The manager of one of the outlets, which…

By Steve Nwosu A very mischievous journalist friend sent me the above headline on Sunday afternoon. It was supposed to be a joke about whatever was happening in Adamawa State, where a bye-election was being held to conclude last month's…

Steve Nwosu I spent the bulk of the wee hours of this Wednesday surfing the Internet, Google, and all the other search engines I could remember. I aimed to pick out a quote, a statement, or just anything Mr. Peter Obi, candidate of the…

By Steve Nwosu Last Friday, I had an urgent transfer to do at the bank and had rushed to the neighbourhood branch of my bank, just early enough to beat the 4 pm closing time. But the bank premises was, to say the least, all bedlam. Tens…

By Steve Nwosu Like has become my tradition in recent times, I'd like to first take out a caveat emptor on Osun State - to, as it were, declare all my interests in the subject matter thus: I have a soft spot for Governor Gboyega Oyetola,…

Between Tinubu's 'Emilokan' and Atiku's 'What Northerners Want' Franktalk By STEVE NWOSU There is a proverb/allegory among my Igbo people about why the rat should always be wary of joining the lizard to jump into the water. The…

By Steve Nwosu A few hours after Oyo State-born Olukayode Ariwoola was sworn in as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, the shit hit the fan. Social media became abuzz with what can best be described as the "unauthorised biography" of…

By Steve Nwosu Every time I remember Emeka Enechi, my late friend and former colleague at THISDAY, it is not his painful and avoidable death that comes to mind, although it still hurts that the guy, who we fondly called Biafra,…

By Steve Nwosu Of all the 13 persons who have picked up their notification of interest forms to contest for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), I can't immediately remember anyone who bought his own form - even…

By Steve Nwosu I don't want to say what goes round comes around. But, having made a name for herself as a celebrated public "slapper", it was only natural that Mrs. Ebele Obiano (until yesterday morning, First Lady of Anambra State),…