Sometimes when I am unhappy, I begin to write.
The dominant strain in the narratives around the failed coup against the National Assembly on Tuesday, 8th August 2018 isolates Malam Lawal Daura, the Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS) as a lone ranger on a bold and audacious adventure.
If you’ve had encounters with the Naija pentarascal zealot, every issue of sadness or calamity is met with ‘not my portion’.
In recent weeks, there have been so much media hype and unguarded commentaries concerning fraud or the semblance of it at the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
In what can only be described as the most ill-conceived and poorly considered action by Nigerian security operatives, several well-armed masked men took over the National Assembly (NASS) last week.
The American founding fathers gathered in Connecticut some time in 1787 in order to fashion a constitution that would herald a new union.
Leaders have always struggled with the balance of being feared and loved, hence the renewed struggle for the balance of forces in the Senate.