Reuben Abati

3 days ago | trumpetmediagroup.com | Reuben Abati

By Reuben Abati It comes as no surprise that the headlines have been dominated in part by the proposed formation of a mega coalition of opposition parties and politicians planning to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next general elections in 2027.

3 days ago | trumpetmediagroup.com | Reuben Abati

By Reuben Abati “Have you been following the developments at the Lagos State House of Assembly?” “High wire politics. Power Game. Man pass man. Man pass woman. Two Speakers in 50 days. Perfect material for a Nollywood film” “Omo… as in …!” “But I think the State lost the opportunity of having a female Speaker of the House for the first time in history.” “That has already been established. History has been made It is now on record that Mrs.

3 days ago | trumpetmediagroup.com | Reuben Abati

By Reuben Abati The most important event in Nigeria in the last week has been the publication and public presentation in Abuja, of a book titled A Journey in Service: An Autobiography of Ibrahim Babangida. In many ways, this should be perfectly understandable. General Babangida was Nigeria’s military ruler (1985-1993), although he styled himself President, to show as he argues in this book, his preference for the Presidential system of government.

4 days ago | lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Reuben Abati

“Omo, how you dey?” “I dey my dey oh. What’s up?” “How you take see this Baba Tinubu’s mid-term score card?” “My problem is that President Tinubu is in Lagos and we suffered for about two days. Traffic hold-up. I spent three hours in the traffic for about two days, back-to-back within the island axis. I did not like that.” “But they have since corrected that. It is not President Tinubu’s fault.

4 days ago | thetrentonline.com | Reuben Abati

In Mid-term, Coastal Road, And Other Stories, Reuben Abati distills the tensions of President Tinubu’s mid-term moment through a sharp, street-level dialogue. From Lagos traffic snarls to questions of political loyalty, the piece captures a nation stuck between spectacle and substance. With wit and unease, Abati unpacks what governance really looks like in motion. —“Omo, how you dey?”“I dey my dey oh. What’s up?”“How you take see this Baba Tinubu’s mid-term score card”?