Offside Musing Column

Topic Date
   
A vote for removing (Political) subsidies Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Ojukwu: A titan who won’t die Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Nigeria: The cost and curse of Biafra (1) Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Nigeria’s Biafran Burden Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Saint Peter’s epistle to Nigerians Tuesday, October 25, 2011
His excellency, executive embezzler Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Andy Uba, Boko Haram, and electoral reform Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Sexually transmitted degrees Tuesday, July 12, 2011
‘ The fourth estate and the other estates’ (1) Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The difficult task of accountability Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Jonathan’s new men Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Jets, killed bills and other pleasures of government Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Jonathan and the wrong question Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Puny men, vendors of impunity Tuesday, August 03, 2010
An open letter to IGP Onovo on Lota Ezeudu Tuesday, July 27, 2010
An apology to Wole Soyinka Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Jonathan, football and the failure syndrome Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Two Nigerias, separate and unequal Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The war in Igboland Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Who kidnapped Lota Ezeudu? Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The normalization of impunity Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Memories of my father Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Madam Jonathan goes to Lebanon Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Where are the other Iboris? Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Yar’Adua’s death and debt to history Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Police brutality and Onovo’s challenge Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Who will execute condemned governors? Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Ibori, Peter Odili and Justice Buba Tuesday, April 20, 2010
The art of throwing money away Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Goodluck Jonathan calls on Barack Obama Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Nigerian politics and the culture of expediency Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The late Lamido and my father Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Chronicle of innocence murdered Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Jonathan and the end of a honeymoon Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Yar’Adua versus ‘motor park’ touts Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Is Obama romancing Ibrahim Babangida? Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Anambra’s ‘Verdict 2010’ as lesson and revenge Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Yar’Adua to live forever; Nigeria may die Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Anambra and Nigeria’s burden Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Haiti’s tragedy, Biafran memories Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Obama wrong on Nigerians Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Nigeria and its hijackers Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Nigeria’s terrorism notoriety Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Money no loss? Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Anambra 2010 as window to 2011 Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The Andy Uba threat Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Uba and Soludo: Different symptoms of the same disease? Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The Nigeria economy: The christian angle Tuesday, December 30, 2008
‘Rule of law’ for the Lucky Tuesday, December 23, 2008
A cowardly majori Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Nigerians should learn from Thai example Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Nigeria’s savaged children Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The audacity of madness Tuesday, November 11, 2008
A (free) speech for Yar’Adua Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The Supreme Court, Atiku, and unprincipled politics Tuesday, October 14, 2008
What I saw (or didn’t) in Port Harcourt Tuesday, October 7, 2008
A fool at (almost) 50 Tuesday, September 30, 2008
The deflective business of power Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Lying in God’s name Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Yar’Adua and a sick nation Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Nigeria’s football as metaphor of promise Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Chronicles of a starving cleaner Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Crowd renters and riggers of history Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Darkness, Imoke and God Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The looming shock Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Again, a season of anomie Tuesday, July 15, 2008
A summit of provocation Tuesday, July 08, 2008
The high cost of legislative mediocrity Tuesday, July 01, 2008
The war we ordered is here! Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Adedibu, Abacha and the Adisa syndrome Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Who’s afraid of information? Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A year of dishonesty Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Saminu Turaki’s folly Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Seeds of revolution? Tuesday, May 20, 2008
A soap opera, and Nsukka’s salute to Achebe Tuesday, May 13, 2008
What I saw in Nigeria Tuesday, May 6, 2008
A salute to my mother’s life Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Silly theatre in Anambra, again Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Why he needed a third term Tuesday, April 8, 2008
A new free sleeping pill for Nigerians Tuesday, April 1, 2008
What a country! Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The high cost of darkness Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Justice James Ogebe: Matters arising Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Their bags of conscience Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Mark down and out, Yar’Adua’s odds down Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Talking to Chinua Achebe about his year Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Away with Iwu - now! Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Andy Uba, hell no! Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Nigeria’s twin scandals Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Obasanjo, Imoke and $10bn scandal Tuesday, January 22, 2008
‘Total transformers’ on trial Tuesday, January 15, 2008
A motion against moving forward Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Nuhu Ribadu as metaphor Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Christmas cheers and blues Tuesday, December 25, 2007
What Ibori means Tuesday, December 18, 2007
A season of absurd theatre Tuesday, December 11, 2007
A bishop’s sharp rebuke Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Murder Incorporated Tuesday, November 27, 2007
No longer at ease Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Good things dey happen Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Again, Yar’Adua’s opportunity Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Let’s ridicule Nigeria! Tuesday, October 23, 2007
My poverty-pulverised self Tuesday, October 16, 2007
My vote for Andy Uba Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Looking beyond Etteh Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Achebe, Soyinka and the Nigerian mess Tuesday, september 25, 2007
Let’s field our first eleven Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Crimes in progress Tuesday, September 11, 2007
A tale of two legislators Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Female Speaker’s manly vices Tuesday, August 28, 2007
A blood-soaked garden Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The education of Umar Yar’Adua Tuesday, August 14, 2007
From founder to villain Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Why not the best? Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Lest we forget Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Giving corruption a good fight Tuesday, July 17, 2007
The paradox of Umar Yar’Adua Tuesday, July 10, 2007
The paradox of Umar Yar’Adua Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Let Ralph Uwazurike go home Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Truth's sweet triumph Tuesday, June 19, 2007
David Mark is off the mark Tuesday, June 12, 2007
A president’s parting blues Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Whose country is it anyway? Tuesday, May 22, 2007
The fire next time! Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Chalker the liar and other tales Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Winners of ghost mandates Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Chronicle of an unfolding anarchy Tuesday, April 24, 2007
The triumph of barbarism Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Achebe’s apt censure Tuesday, April 10, 2007
What Obasanjo taught Uba Tuesday, April 3, 2007
‘Andy’ Uba goes to war Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Let's dream a new Nigeria Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Iwu’s coronation plans Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Why I take it personally Tuesday, March 6, 2007