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Trump, Musk and the Nigerian gladiators, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, July 8 -- "Bros, looks like one accidented trailer has just passed between Trump and Elon Musk oh, and it gets messier by the day." "What do you expect? It is just simple common sense. Elon ... Read More


APC and Abdullahi Ganduje's resignation, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, July 1 -- It is now confirmed that Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, 75, has resigned from his position as chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He has had quite a storied career as a p... Read More


Tinubu and the spirit of June 12, ByReuben Abati

Nigeria, June 17 -- Candidly, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has done very well with June 12 by taking the narrative from where President Muhammadu Buahri left off, and choosing to give that date, the hi... Read More


Sin no more, Sanwoolu, ByReuben Abati

Nigeria, June 10 -- Nigerians woke up to the delightful news, Monday morning, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, currently on Sallah vacation in Lagos, had decided, following entreaties from interested... Read More


Mid-term, coastal road and other stories, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, June 3 -- "Omo, how you dey?" "I dey my dey oh. What's up?" "How you take see this Baba Tinubu's mid-term score card?" "My problem is that President Tinubu is in Lagos and we suffered for ... Read More


Octopus Wike and the PDP, ByReuben Abati

Nigeria, May 27 -- Octopuses are considered by biologists to be very crafty, clever, cephalopods, who have multiple brains and three hearts, and can easily manoeuvre their ways around even the most di... Read More


Zulum and the surge in insurgency, ByReuben Abati

Nigeria, May 20 -- There is a surge in insurgency in Nigeria. There is a ferocious return and dominance of the Boko Haram, the terror group in Nigeria linked with Al Qaeda and ISIS at various times, b... Read More


Defections and the threat of a one-party state, ByReuben Abati

Nigeria, May 13 -- When the latest wave of defections began in March, marked by the high profile exit of Mallam Nasir El Rufai from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria's ruling party, of whic... Read More


CBEX wealth chasers, NDIC and the fate of depositors, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, April 29 -- I was abroad when the CBEX scandal broke: somehow, I tend to be out of town when Nigerians get into very serious trouble but it has been my singular misfortune, and this has happe... Read More


Pope Francis (1936-2025), By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, April 22 -- Besides, the Pope had been ill since February. He spent five weeks in the hospital - the Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital in Rome (February 14 - March 23) where his doctors treated him... Read More