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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


Plateau, Tsiga and Trump, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, April 8 -- "I am just overwhelmed by everything." "Any personal issues? I hope there is no trouble in paradise and that Madam is still tolerating you." "Does she have an option? After many ... Read More


The Uromi 16 and the problem with Nigeria, ByReuben Abati

Nigeria, April 1 -- The killing last Friday of 16 Northern travellers along the Uromi-Ubiaja road in Edo State is an event that will live in infamy. Twenty-five travellers from Port Harcourt going hom... Read More


Breakfast with the Soludos, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, March 25 -- I had breakfast on Tuesday, 18 March, with Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo (CFR) of Anambra state and his wife. I had travelled to the state, on the invitation of the governor an... Read More