The roads leading to the two Nigerian ports in Lagos have been for many years an abiding source of heartache and nightmare. Businesses have had to...
Nigerians are playing with COVID-19, and in so doing, they are playing with fire and death. Why are we so blest and yet so suicidal? When...
The writing of books, commentaries, essays on executive political leaders, focusing especially on the efforts and the place of Presidential figures in history, popular culture and...
On Saturday, November 28, about 43 farmers who had gone to their farms during the current harvest season were attacked by Boko Haram terrorists. They were...
“My brother, how you dey?” “What can we do?” “E ku recession” “Excuse me?” “I said er ku recession…” “Are you Yoruba people alright at all?...
The most exhilarating part of the US Presidential election 2020 is the fact that President Trump lost the election. It is what many observers thought would...
I was very skeptical when the current leadership of Organized Labour in Nigeria objected to the decision of the Federal Government to withdraw fuel subsidy and...
It is now more than six months since Nigeria reported its index case of Corona Virus. On March 23, the country closed its airports to all...
“So this is how we will just adjust to the new fuel price at the petrol stations, and government will get away with the imposition of...
The renewed interest in the crisis that continues to rock Southern Kaduna would be helpful if it produces a genuine effort at resolving the problem and...
I admire Nasir el-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State for his intellectual abilities and what he has been able to achieve within the public space, but...
“Sorry about your man” “Thank you” “You know I used to think that this COVID-19 thing is a kind of scientific joke, but now I am...
While Nigerians are busy with the management of COVID-19 and its many fall-outs, fire has been burning in other aspects of national life which require equal...
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, features in the pantheon of accomplished Nigerian journalists no doubt. In his days of ‘’truth-telling’’ and before the hex of unclean spirits...
President Muhammadu Buhari recently set up an Economic Advisory Council, to replace the country’s Economic Management Team. He also moved some departments and agencies of government...
“So, did you join the #RevolutionNow protests yesterday?” “Which Revolution?” “The #RevolutionNow protest led by Omoyele Sowore. The security people grabbed him ahead of the August...
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of its review of the 2019 General elections in the country is reportedly working on a proposal for...
I believe we all have that one family member who thinks that he or she has the right to intrude into your schedule and order you...
By Reuben Abati… Whoever came up with the wise saying that Nigerian politics is dirty deserves an award for perspicacity. I have just returned from that...
By Reuben Abati… Shortly after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar became the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on October 6, party members and other...
By Reuben Abati… “I just love this country, I won’t lie” “What have you seen again that has suddenly turned you into a gushing patriot?” “I...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday night released a former spokesperson to former President Goodluck Jonathan after keeping him in their custody for about...
The National legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Luiz Banire who was on Friday quizzed by the EFCC says he did not bribe...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee National Chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and other chieftain of the party on Wednesday visited four of their party members...
Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, on Monday visited, consoled and prayed for Reuben Abati, Femi Fani-Kayode and Musiliu Obanikoro, as they...
After spending four days in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ), Dr Reuben Abati, former spokesman to former President Goodluck...
Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Media, Dr. Reuben Abati has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to reports, he...
By Sonala Olumhense… Few articles in print can be as troubling as “The Spiritual Side of Aso Villa,” published by former Nigeria presidential adviser Reuben Abati...
By Femi Adesina…Let me begin with two clarifications. Aso Villa is not my home, I am just passing through. Even this world is nobody’s home, we...
By Reuben Abati “My brother, I think all the people saying they have not seen any change should by now be convinced that truly, truly, the...
By Reuben Abati . . . This day, June 12 will always be remembered by those who have defied the culture of silence and conspiracy against...
By Reuben Abati . . . “Have you eaten today? If not, let me show you this new restaurant. Good food, the service girls specially attractive,...
By Reuben Abati . . . Muhammad Ali, who died late Friday evening aged 74, was one of the greatest icons of the 20th century, one...
By Pius Adesanmi… Femi Adesina opens his latest interview with Punch Newspaper with these words: “It is mendacious to say that in the last one year,...
By Reuben Abati . . . Lucy Muthoni Kibaki was buried yesterday, 9.12 am, Nigerian time, in Othaya, Njeri County, Kenya in the presence of about 300...
By Reuben Abati. … “I hear the World Bank says Nigeria is now the worst place to do business in the entire world.” “ I don’t...
By Reuben Abati . . . “My brother, e ku exchange rate oh.” “Excuse me?” “I am greeting you. I am saying how are you and...
By Pius Adesanmi . . . Less than a year into President Obasanjo’s first term in office at the end of military rule in 1999, he...
By Reuben Abati . . . It is that time of the year again in the month of February, when there is so much talk and...
By Reuben Abati There has been so much concern about how the Federal Character principle has since its introduction in 1979, promoted mediocrity within the public...
By Reuben Abati Something sad has happened and is happening, and is getting worse in our society: the decline of public intellectualism. And so I ask,...
By Reuben Abati . . . “What a relief, my friend!” “What are you relieved about?” “It is this David Adeleke and Sophia Momodu soap opera”....
By Reuben Abati What is the most compelling, most impactful and most remarkable issue in the year 2015 that has just ended? In my estimation, it...
By Reuben Abati . . . . Christmas looks so different these days from what it was when I was growing up. It is so different...
By Reuben Abati . . . SO much has been said about the December 12 confrontation between the Nigerian Army and members of the Islamic Movement...
By Reuben Abati A day after the present set of Ministers took oath of office, Nigerians took to twitter to recommend books they think will be...
Former spokesperson to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reuben Abati has dispelled the widely held perception that the former president has a knack for alcohol, and that...
By Reuben Abati … As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space. They defined...
Worried by the controversy of whether or not he had a phone conversation with King Mohammed of Morocco, President Goodluck Jonathan has stated that at no...
