Commentary

Reuben Abati Vs. Dele Momodu
Remember Reuben - By Dele Momodu “Not every journalist begins his...

Columnists

My Father Is A Motor Car: Reuben Abati, GEJ, And The Addis Ababa Fiasco By Pius Adesanmi
Baba Sala needs no introduction unless you came around in the age iPods, iTunes, and music files. The dinosaurs among us who are more at home with LP records will remember him. He is one of Nigeria...
Mrs. Viola Onwuliri & Our Borrowed Smile By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo
 “Everything will fade... seeing and hearing, but first of all laughter." – Wolfgang Hildesheimer   While preparing to interview Chika Unigwe for SaharaTV, I read again,...
A Threat Greater Than Boko Haram By Okey Ndibe
Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan extended the charade that is Nigeria’s feeble, failing fight against anarchy by replacing Inspector General of Police Hafiz Ringim with a new man named M....

Perceptor Blog

PERCEPTOR 38: Questions Onn Arik’s ‘Fly the...
“By doubting we come to question, and by questioning, we perceive the truth.” (Peter Abelard, 1079-1142)
PERCEPTOR 37: Arithmetic 101 a.k.a. Mathematics...
“By doubting we come to question, and by questioning, we perceive the truth.” (Peter Abelard, 1079-1142)
PERCEPTOR 36: 5 Questions On The Roforofo In The...
“By doubting we come to question, and by questioning, we perceive the truth.” (Peter Abelard, 1079-1142)
Perceptor’s Guide to Political Parties: How To...
These days Perceptor hardly has any questions at all.  It isn’t so much (ahem,) that Perceptor knows everything … (surely not, you cry!)
Perceptor: 4 Questions On The Questions That...
“By doubting we come to question, and by questioning, we perceive the truth.” (Peter Abelard, 1079-1142)

Articles

Reuben Abati Vs. Dele Momodu
Remember Reuben - By Dele Momodu “Not every journalist begins his career with an entrée in the nature of a bang. Journalistic careers tend to take a long, and windy route of much...
25 % Salary Cut & President Jonathan Lies...
President Jonathan is well aware Nigerians do not trust him. Nobody would buy a second-hand car from him. If his words are a currency, it certainly is counterfeit money. Mr Rueben Abati and co. in...
Budget 2012 (3) - The Security Spending Spree By...
We continue our detailed review of the 2012 Budget proposals today looking closely at the amounts earmarked for the office of the NSA, the SSS, and the NIA. Our objective is to appreciate the huge...
If You Ask Me About Nigeria...?
If you ask me; na who I go ask? The matter wey we see so, e tay wey e start. No be me go talk am, e heavy for mouth. If you ask me…The matter for ground…Eh! Na who I go ask? Omawumi If...
War is Imminent In Nigeria But God Forbid (2)
Once again let me plead that I am writing this article as Joe Igbokwe, a native of Uruagu Nnewi in Anambra State , Nigeria and I speak strictly for myself only. I am 55 years old and a 1985 graduate...

Blog Entries

Nigerian Presidential Debate - GEJ Making Lame...
Nigeria is a bundle of contradictions - a fertile ground for eternal belief in democracy, where all hopes for democractic progress go to die. It has even been said in "respectable" quarters...
Soyinka's Poem On Racism
Happy Birthday Prof. Wole Soyinka: In celebration of your wit and literary mischief, I am hereby reproducing, what I personally regard as your best poem, "Telephone conversation".
Nigeria: Donald Duke. An Eureka moment? (S)...
Donald Duke - a former state governor in Nigeria used to intrigue me. Intrigue in the context that I know so little of him not having visited Cross Rivers, or in fact anywhere in the East beyond...
Felasophical Views On Femi Kuti – Broadway...
A basic Aikido philosophy states that the strength  is not in muscular force, but in flexibility, timing, control and modesty, its humanitarian purpose is to purify one’s aggressive...
In Nigeria It’s Networking Not Butt-Licking Duhh !
History demands that we record dates when life on the planet suffer grave setbacks, and I’m still struggling to recover the day the holy trinity of dignity, pride and honour fell off the...