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How Organized Labour Deceived Nigerians by Reuben Abati

    I was very skeptical when the current leadership of Organized Labour in Nigeria objected to the decision of the Federal Government...

Amala and the Coronavirus Patient: Matters Arising  by Reuben Abati 

      Of all the updates that have been given so far by the Lagos State authorities on the government’s efforts to...

The Corona Virus Challenge, Nigeria and Other Responses by Reuben Abati 

  The biggest threat to our collective humanity today is not the suspected threat of a Third World War, but a corrosive, debilitating,...

PDP hit by thunderbolt in 2015, says George

Raising the hope of a more formidable Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after getting stuck in political mire, a chieftain, Chief Olabode George, says...

Shina Peters at 60: A life in music by Reuben Abati

I consider it a great privilege to count Shina Peters, the Afro-Juju maestro, who turns 60 this week, as one of my friends...

Ayo Adebanjo: The man and his politics by Reuben Abati

When friends, family and political associates gather in Ijebu-Ogbo, Ogun state today, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, they will...

Bill Gates as “a wailing wailer” by Reuben Abati

“I do not enjoy speaking to you this bluntly when you have been gracious enough to invite me here…”  – Bill Gates.  ...

Nigeria, ECOWAS and the Morocco question by Reuben Abati

I was in Morocco recently, about 20 years after I last visited Timbuktu, Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat and Laayoune. I was quite impressed to...

Soyinka and Nigeria’s dinner with the devil by Reuben Abati

Professor Wole Soyinka was keynote speaker at the maiden annual lecture of the Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism held in Lagos...

Judges, the law and our democracy By Reuben Abati

To expand the democratic space in Nigeria and to ensure the legitimacy and stability of our democratic process, the rule of law, perhaps...

To NatGeo: A story idea on Nigerian animals by Reuben Abati

Dear Editor, NatGeo, I am a great fan of your magazine, National Geographic, and your sister platform, National Geo Wild, and your coverage...

Of drowning men and national security by Reuben Abati

Jimoh Moshood, the current Police Public Relations officer in Abuja is probably the most unprofessional occupier of that office since 1999.  His lack...

What exactly is Babangida saying? by Reuben Abati 

The drama, the controversy, the confusion, the double entendre, attended by seeming cowardice, that grew around a statement, perhaps the statements, purportedly issued...

Aisha Buhari: The critic in the other room by Reuben Abati

Mrs Aisha M. Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari is probably the most loved person in Nigeria today, especially by critics of...

The season of recanting By Reuben Abati

“I wish I could travel to the US right now” “Why? Why not wait till summer time?” “No, I feel like going there...

PDP Convention: The Aftermath by Reuben Abati

The elective Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that took place at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Saturday, December 9, was...