Rawlings and Abacha’s blood money – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Jerry Rawlings
Like a witch undergoing the last purgation at death's
door, J J Rawlings' tongue dramatically came unhinged last week in a fit of
abominable rant, thereby diminishing whatever remained of...
Maduekwe: The last bicycle ride – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Late Ojo Madueke
If the ongoing dirge for Ojo Maduekwe sounds
more audible outside his ethnic origin it is partly because his politics
transcended the common-place. An intellectual he undoubtedly was. But...
Holiday as new opium for recession – By Louis Odion, FNGE
President Muhammadu Buhari
Who or what misled the Federal Government into
announcing a wrong date for the Sallah holiday that just ended?
A rather disturbing account circulated
midweek. It was whispered that the...
Cameron: Fantastically un-Nigerian – By Louis Odion, FNGE
David Cameron
Not too long ago, he ruffled the
Nigerian feather following the leaking of his side-talk in London with the
British monarch. Footage captured by an eavesdropping television cameraman had
gone viral....
Banking with the nuns – By Louis Odion, FNGE
EFCC Boss
In
biblical times, manna was said to have rained from Heaven to save Israelites
from starving to death in the wilderness. In Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital,
a group of Catholic nuns...
Edo: Political obsequy of the godfather – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Adams Oshiomhole
So, after all the feint and razzle-dazzle, the victory dance of Osagie
Ize-Iyamu would be aborted even before it started. For the gangling matador
expected to lead PDP's chariot against...
Osun’s macabre dance – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola
In moments of social
dilemma when power is thought to be tainted by partisanship, it is often to the
temple of the bar that a society looks for...
Nigerian soccer & the culture of abuse – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Late Stephen Keshi
Physics
teaches us that lightning rarely strikes the same spot twice. The depth of
shock experienced by the nation last week is therefore better imagined when,
within a space of...
Ali: The Nobel Prize winner we were denied – By Louis Odion, FNGE
Muhammed Ali
In a way, the Hanoi
ceremony of three weeks ago could be said to share a parallel with just any of
the legend's own epic duels that went the distance...
Buhari in the summer of sectional discontent – By Louis Odion, FNGE
President Buhari
Ten years ago, yours
sincerely received an unforgettable call on a certain Sunday afternoon. It was
the ebullient Jimoh Ibrahim that was on the line. The youthful billionaire,
though already a...




















