By Reuben Abati FOLLOWING the three-day retreat held for Ministers, Special Advisers, Permanent Secretaries and heads of Agencies and Departments by […]
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Ribadu and Buhari’s bankrupt country
By Reuben Abati NUHU Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) now Nigeria’s National Security Adviser has […]
Off-Cycle Elections: Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa
By Reuben Abati OFF-cycle elections in Nigeria are elections that are held outside the usual timetable for general elections. When […]
Lessons From The Supreme Court
By Reuben Abati ON Thursday, October 26, the Supreme Court of Nigeria gave its judgment in the appeals by Waziri Atiku […]
Taking Odia Seriously: Honour to the poet
By Reuben Abati LAST Thursday, I was invited to review a book on Odia Ofeimun, one of Africa’s leading poets and […]
Delhi, UAE to UNGA: Tinubu’s Odyssey
By Reuben Abati “OMO, it is now that I am beginning to understand why there is so much fight for this […]
Tinubu’s ministers and Nigeria’s dilemma
By Reuben Abati YESTERDAY, 45 Ministers took the oath of office as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria pursuant to […]
Of Niger, Breathing Problems and Other Matters
By Reuben Abati “Bros, you dey town?” “Yes. Where you think say I for dey. I no tell you say I […]
The Menace Of Prophets and Our Future
By Reuben Abati IT seems to me, with due respect, to every party concerned, that while we are all obsessed with […]
Allen Onyema, NIIA and The Sports Wall of Fame
By Reuben Abati ONE of the major sore points in the Nigerian story has been the negative role played by non-state […]
The positive sides of Tinubunomics
By Reuben Abati THE other day President Bola Tinubu announced that Nigerians are going through the equivalent of childbirth pains, but […]
Ayu, Adamu and Nigeria’s political party system
By Reuben Abati ONE of the major issues begging for consideration as Nigeria and other stakeholders review the aftermath of the […]
The ministers Nigeria needs
By Reuben Abati THERE has been so much talk of late about the ministerial appointments that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is […]
Tinubu in Paris: Matters Arising
By Reuben Abati “SEE Paris and die!” We used to hear that as young persons. Paris was meant to be the […]
Democracy Day Notes
By Reuben Abati “How was your Democracy Day?” “I woke up early, listened to President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide address, and I […]
Fuel Subsidy And The God Of Jonathan
By Reuben Abati ONE of the first things that had been cited as evidence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu showing courage […]
An end and a new beginning for Nigeria
By Reuben Abati YESTERDAY, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, was sworn in as the 16th President, Commander in Chief of the Armed […]
General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau at 80
By Reuben Abati General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau turned 80 last week on May 18, and for those who know him, or […]
Tales the country told me: Hilda Baci and Seun Kuti
By Reuben Abati TWO major events dominated the headlines in the weekend that just passed in Nigeria: the heroism, determination and […]
An Eight-Point Agenda for The President-Elect
By Reuben Abati WITHOUT prejudice to what transpires at the Presidential Election Tribunal on the February 25 election, and the request […]
The return of Bola Tinubu, president-elect
By Reuben Abati NIGERIA’S President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is back in the […]
OBIdients, Soyinka, Chimamanda and The Climate Of Fear
By Reuben Abati THE “Obidients” – supporters of the mission and vision of Mr. Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party […]
Tinubu, Obaigbena – Media owners & their warrior journalists
By DR. Bisi Olawunmi THE public spat between two prominent media owners – Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Television Continental (TVC) […]
Realnews marks 10th Anniversary Lecture with fanfare
By Anthony Isibor THE 10th Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine on Thursday, November 17, 2022 in Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos, was […]
Prof Akinfeleye’s long-awaited book launched in Lagos
By Anthony Isibor. EMINENT personalities in the media industry on Thursday, January 27, 2022, gathered at the Lagos University main […]
IPOB warns Abati not to link it with drug peddlers
THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned Reuben Abati, former special adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Media […]
The Python Does Not Dance…
OPERATION code-names have been an important part of military operations since the …
EFCC Probes CJN, Okonjo-Iweala, Fayemi, Fayose, Others
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen; Governor Ayodele Fayose of […]
Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi (1953-2015)
OUR sister died. And we are all devastated. We called her Sista Bisi, Mama Kiitan, Olori, Chief (Mrs). To some other people, she was lawyer Bisi, or simply Bisi; at a time she was Bisi Cole, and later Mrs Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi, wife of the Olowo of Owo, HRM Fola Olateru-Olagbegi. She was a …
Jonathan Rallies Global Support for Buhari
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday, May 20, called on the global community and Nigerians to support the incoming administration General Muhammadu Buhari. …
LASAA, LAWMA to Recycle Campaign Posters
The Lagos state government agencies are collaborating to remove and cycle political campaign posters dotting the environment …
Landmines Before Buhari
As the handover date of May 29, speedily approaches for General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, to take over the reign of government from President Gooluck Jonathan, there are appear to be some landmines which the incoming administration needs to avoid in order to …
Why IGP Abba Suleiman was Sacked
President Goodluck Jonathan sacks Suleiman Abba, inspector-general of police over human rights abuses and appoints Solomon Arase as a replacement in acting capacity …
Ogungbesan Is New FIRS Boss
Samuel Ogungbesan, a coordinating director has been appointed by the federal government to replace Kabiru Mashi as executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service …
Yoruba Monarchs Cannot Canvass Votes for Politicians – Adetona
IF President Goodluck Jonathan had expected an assurance from Sikiru Adetona, Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, to canvass votes for him, he must have been disappointed. The monarch told the president who paid him a private visit in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on Thursday, March 12, that it was …
Jonathan Boosts Morale of Troops
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday, February 26, made a surprise visit to some territories recently recovered from members of notorious Boko Haram sect by the Nigerian troops in Adamawa and Borno states. …