The Yar’Adua Study on Subsidies (1)
“Sometime in 2008, my late boss, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua commissioned a study on ‘subsidies and tariffs in Nigeria’...
Segun Adeniyi
2023 and the Familiar Song
With the way we are running our country, I said in my Platform Nigeria 1st May 2019 presentation, ‘An...
The Tramadol Generation
The revelation by the National Law Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Chairman, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (rtd) that close to two million...
The Vindication of Atuwatse II
Despite the five-hour time difference between Boston and Warri, I followed last Saturday’s coronation of Ogiame Atuwatse III,...
Of Taliban and ‘Repentant’ Boko Haram
There are different accounts of how ‘Afghanistanism’ became an English word. But the most popular is the one that traces...
Anambra Poll and Judicial ‘Handouts’
It is not for nothing that I call Dr Okey Ikechukwu ‘Ijele’. The former University of Lagos philosophy lecturer has...
The Tragedy at Ebeano Supermarket
When I first saw Ebeano Supermarket along the Lokogoma axis of Abuja a few years ago, I told myself I...
Men and Brethren, What Shall We Do?
A friend who never misses Platform told me he was excited to learn I would be speaking this morning. I...
