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Celebrating Ken Calebs Olumese, the Guv'nor, at 80, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, May 28 -- Yesterday, 27 May, one of Nigeria's iconic figures in the entertainment sector turned 80: Ken Calebs Olumese, an Esan man from the university town of Ekpoma as he likes to describe ... Read More


When helicopters crash: Wigwe, Kobe, Iran., By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, May 21 -- Media Vita In Morte Sumus (In the midst of life we are in death). This is a Gregorian chant that I often recall whenever there is an accident; a sudden, shocking abbreviation of lif... Read More


The wife-beater from Kenya, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, May 7 -- It is always very embarrassing to read stories of Nigerians who go abroad to give the county a bad name. Nigeria became known as a country of internet scammers and fraudsters not bec... Read More


Onakoya: Playing chess from the slum to world record, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, April 23 -- Tunde Onakoya, the 29-year-old Nigerian Chess Master who has just broken the World Record for the longest chess marathon is most appropriately an embodiment of the Nigerian can-do... Read More


The Yoruba Nation "secessionists" of Ibadan, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, April 16 -- On Saturday, 13 April, a group of 18 masked persons dressed in army camouflage, armed with rifles, charms and Oodua Nation flags attempted to take over the Oyo State House of Asse... Read More


Philip Shaibu: Lessons in power, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, April 9 -- One of the reasons that Philip Shaibu, deputy governor of Edo State, got impeached yesterday was due to hubris, defined in the literature as a flaw of character. And to worsen his ... Read More


Nigeria, OPL 245 and Citizen Adoke's travails, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, April 2 -- I sympathise with Mohammed Bello Adoke, referred to above simply as Citizen Adoke. Not necessarily because I know him personally, he and I, having served this country during the te... Read More


The abducted children of Kuriga and other stories, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, March 26 -- On 7 March, we all woke up to the bewildering news that students of LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School, and at least one of their teachers had been abducted in Kur... Read More


The casualties of Okuama, ByReuben Abati

Nigeria, March 19 -- The casualties are not only those who are dead/They are well out of it/The casualties are not only those who are dead/Though they await burial by installment/The casualties are no... Read More


Ningi's "mischief" and budget 2024, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, March 12 -- Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central) is a ranking member of Nigeria's National Assembly. He has been a member of that Assembly since the return to democratic rule in 19... Read More