Reuben Abati
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 country’s 2023 General elections would...
Nigeria And The Hilda Baci Syndrome by Reuben Abati
The last time Ms Hilda Effiong Bassey featured in this column was in a piece titled “Tales The Country Told Me: Hilda Baci...
More Notes On The Elections
by Reuben Abati The prevalence of the comic spirit is one of those distinctive features of Nigerian life and society – one of...
One Day, Four Court Cases by Reuben Abati
“Ore, I looked for you yesterday? Where were you?” “I dey for house now? Where I for dey?” “I actually thought you had...
Nigeria, Twitter and Other Stories By Reuben Abati
“Omo, I see you are still on Twitter. How you dey take do am? Come and teach your brother…” “Eishhh, Ishhh…Will you...
Tales The Country Told Me By Reuben Abati
by Reuben Abati “Bros, how country?” “Omo, we live in perilous times. Ilu le. Country bad.” “I agree with you absolutely. It...
Fr.Mbaka’s Sin by Reuben Abati
Fr Ejike Mbaka, Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu attracts controversy the way flies are attracted to dung. He...
Recession Blues By Reuben Abati
“My brother, how you dey?” “What can we do?” “E ku recession” “Excuse me?” “I said er ku recession…” “Are you Yoruba...
The Southern Kaduna Question by Reuben Abati
The renewed interest in the crisis that continues to rock Southern Kaduna would be helpful if it produces a genuine...
Buruji Kashamu (1958 -2020) By Reuben Abati
Then let them laugh and rejoice in our man’s ill-luck. Alive perhaps they felt no need of him, but...
Kashamu’s 2019 Ogun guber poll running mate, Abati, says he feels like an orphan over his death
Dr Reuben Abati, the running mate to the late Senator Buruji Kashamu in the 2019 Ogun gubernatorial election, says he is completely heartbroken over...
Governance Beyond COVID-19: Back to Kwara By Reuben Abati
This year, there was some feeling of nostalgia about May 29 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. When a few persons called...
Politics and Nigeria’s Electricity Sector by Reuben Abati
While Nigerians are busy with the management of COVID-19 and its many fall-outs, fire has been burning in other aspects of national...
Africa, Eid-al-Fitr and The Virus by Reuben Abati
This year’s eid-al-fitr, the Muslim festival marking the end of the month of Ramadan, during which Muslims fast for 29 or...
COVID-19 and Nigerian Banks by Reuben Abati
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the entire world – the future of everything and the world of work, but perhaps the most...
Akinwumi Adesina: Best Man for the AfDB By Reuben Abati
The Board of Governors and the Ethics Committee of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have given Dr. Akinwumi Adesina,...
