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Former Presidential aide Reuben Abati has written an insightful article on Joe Chinakwe, the man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari. Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari is right now probably regretting his decision to honour his...

Former Presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati has written a special tribute to late Justin Onuorah Abuah, Director of Information, State House. Read Tribute below: Life is all about memories. It is the only thing we are left with when flesh and spirit depart the earthly plane, and we can...

Former Presidential aide Reuben Abati in a new piece examines some of the challenges facing Nigerian politics. One other outcome of our democratic experience since 1999 is how demanding and insatiable the Nigerian voter has become, and because political office holders and the professional...

In some other countries of the world, a bronze medal at the Olympics is not something to be talked about or celebrated. Not even silver is satisfactory sometimes, just remember that look on Russian athlete Yulia Efimova’s face as her arch-rival, Lilly King of the United States took the gold in...

Reuben Abati, former Presidential spokesman has written a new opinion piece titled ''Nigeria, 2016 Olympics And Other Stories'' . “ I hear we are no longer Nigeria, but the United States of Nigeria” “You didn’t hear anything. Stop being hypocritical, my friend.” “But the incumbent...

It is nolonger news that Nigerians are interested in the forthcoming US Presidential elections. Reuben Abati, former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan has written an opinion piece on the election. Read Abati's piece below: If there was any hope that Donald Trump would change...

I was shocked by the trenchant reaction to my piece on the July 15 attempted coup in Turkey from at least two persons. The piece titled “Nigerians and the Failed Coup in Turkey” (The Guardian, Sunday, July 17) had fetched a mail and direct messages from a concerned Nigerian who objected to my...

Former Presidential aide Reuben Abati has written an interesting piece on bleaching in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Pinterest I wrote a piece recently, a tribute to the late veteran actress Bukky Ajayi and the multi-instrumentalist OJB Jezreel, in which I raised a number of issues, including how...

Reuben Abati has written another opinion piece. Nigerians love events and ceremonies. The engine of governance in fact runs on this special fuel, which in many ways has become an occasional excuse for waste and idleness. I have in the course of work attended and compered many of such...

Former Presidential aide, Reuben Abati has weighed in on the correlation between Nigeria and the failed Turkey coup. Turkey is about five hours away from Nigeria by air, about 2, 634 miles from here, but the night there was a coup attempt in Turkey, July 15, with soldiers shutting down...

The embroiled feud between Nigerian Senator, Dino Melaye and his Lagos counterpart, Sen. Mrs Oluremi Tinubu has stirred national discourse. Reuben Abati, the Presidential Spokesman in the erstwhile administration of Dr Goodluck Jonathan, reflects on this issue in the opinion piece below. ---...

Former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, has advised the Catholic church to transfer Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka to the Sambisa forest, the alleged Boko Haram headquarters. He said this in response to the cleric’s reaction to his transfer to serve...

Media adviser to the former President, Goodluck Jonathan in this opinion piece questioned where lies the public intellectuals of Nigeria in public policy and discourse... READ: Something sad has happened and is happening, and is getting worse in our society: the decline of public...