Buhari, your best is not good enough – Punch Newspaper

ATTEMPTING last week to assuage widespread discontent, President Muhammadu Buhari managed instead to deepen public anxiety. By declaring that Nigerians were “accepting” that he was putting in his best, he signposted a bleak future for the world’s most populous black nation. Across the country, however, the verdict is increasingly being made clear to the President: …

Driving without due care and attention / careless driving – what does it mean?

The offence of driving without due care and attention – also referred to as careless driving – covers a multitude of motoring sins, from tailgating to tuning the radio. Defined in law as “allowing the standard of driving to fall below that of a competent and careful driver”, it carries a CD10 endorsement code, which …

“Black Panther” is more than a film. It carries the hopes of the global African diaspora

The buzz around Black Panther, Marvel’s first black superhero film, is palpable.  Weeks before it arrives in theaters, the film has already morphed into the joyous reprieve that black America—in fact, all of America—needs right now. Celebrities are buying out entire theaters in underserved communities so young black children can look up and finally see themselves as …

Nigerians, beware of Obasanjo, Babangida motives by Abdulfatai Ayobami Ibrahim

It is a season of contentious open letters in Nigeria. In a space of two weeks, two former heads of state – Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida – have made major interventions on the state of the nation. As expected, their stinging assessments of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration have generated tension and mixed reactions in …

God’s Plan for Mike Pence Will the vice president—and the religious right—be rewarded for their embrace of Donald Trump? McKay Coppins

No man can serve two masters, the Bible teaches, but Mike Pence is giving it his all. It’s a sweltering September afternoon in Anderson, Indiana, and the vice president has returned to his home state to deliver the Good News of the Republicans’ recently unveiled tax plan. The visit is a big deal for Anderson, …