Reuben Abati
Abba Kyari: A Death By Reuben Abati
Aso Villa, Nigeria’s seat of presidential power is bereaved. On Friday, April 17, 2020, it recorded its first major...
Amotekun: The Politics of Protection by Reuben Abati
Virtually everything in Nigeria no matter how well-meaning ends up getting ethnicized, or politicized, or religionized. So it is with Operation...
“Na My Brother Dey There” by Reuben Abati
One of the major indications of the dysfunctional nature of the Nigerian social and political ecosystem is what can be best...
Gowon at 85 and Fani-Kayode by Reuben Abati
General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s military Head of State from 1966 -1975, turned 85 on Saturday, October 19, 2019. In a congratulatory message,...
Oct 1: The Journey So Far by Reuben Abati
Today marks the 59thanniversary of Nigeria’s independence from British colonial rule. On Saturday, October 1, 1960, Nigerians gathered at the Race...
Mohammed Adoke Writes Back – By Reuben Abati
The Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Administration in Nigeria (2010 – 2015) has generated quite a number of post-tenure publications which significantly, in varying degrees...
Peter Drucker And The Things That Changed By Reuben Abati
My favorite passage from the many essays by the 20th Century management theorist, prophet of customer-centricism, and dialectician, Peter F. Drucker, on the...
P&ID vs. Nigeria: A Review by Reuben Abati
The report that a commercial court in the UK has ruled that Nigeria must pay a UK firm, Process and Industrial Development Limited...
When Soldiers Do Police Work: Disaster by Reuben Abati
If anyone is looking for a perfect illustration and confirmation of the “coming anarchy” in Nigeria, that person needs not look farther than...
Sowore and the Nigerian Revolution by Reuben Abati
“So, did you join the #RevolutionNow protests yesterday?” “Which Revolution?” “The #RevolutionNow protest led by Omoyele Sowore. The security people grabbed him ahead...
On June 12 we stand by Reuben Abati
It is ironic that it had to take a member of the military establishment now turned democrat, that is General, now President Muhammadu...
Ogun politics: My encounter with violence By Reuben Abati
I once had a taste of political violence during the 2015 Presidential campaigns. In Bauchi, our convoy was stoned. In Katsina, restless youths...
Rule of Law: The President got it wrong by Reuben Abati
It is unfortunate that the most important statement made so far at the on-going Annual Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association, an outright...
The road to Babylon by Reuben Abati
Nigeria is on the road to Babylon: a place of confusion. Three years ago, the people were convinced that they had found a...
2019 and the politics of campaign finance by Reuben Abati
Each Governor was reportedly asked by the ruling APC party to bring N250 million ahead of the party’s National Convention. When the public...
2019: Nigeria’s emerging political leaders by Reuben Abati
A strong indication of both the quality and failure of politics in Nigeria, as the people look forward to the next general elections...
