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  • Nigerians

    We are our own worst enemy

    I cannot stand my people. They are their own worst enemy; they want and yearn for the good things in life, but yet are not prepared to work to get them. They choose their leaders haphazardly and carelessly, ending up with some of the worst people in Read more

  • One of Nigeria's Presidential jets

    Nigeria and the Chinese problem from Ogun State

    “I hear the people of Ogun State have put the people of Nigeria in serious trouble with the Chinese.” “You did not hear anything. The story is out there and it is so loud that even the deaf can hear that there is a Chinese problem in Nigeria right Read more

  • Abiodun Komolafe

    Nigeria’s forgotten poor!

    These were the words of President Bola Tinubu in a broadcast to the nation on the now-suspended #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests. Among other things, the protests have highlighted the plight of Nigeria's forgotten poor, who are not just passive Read more

  • President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

    Tinubu: Hope renewed?

    Last Sunday, President Bola Tinubu addressed the nation amid #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protests, expressing sorrow over lost lives and urging peace. He defended his economic reforms, highlighted progress and unveiled initiatives for youth Read more

  • President Bola Ahmed Tinubu highlights the empowerment interventions of his government

    Beyond the Protests…

    The #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria were scheduled to take place between August 1 -10, 2024, tagged “10 Days of Rage”, a seemingly apocalyptic projection of the immediate future of Nigeria constructed in the fashion of The People vs. The State Read more

  • Ekiti State Governor - Mr Biodun Oyebanji

    Endorsements and the power-brokers (2)

    Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Ahmadu Bello endorsed candidates, leveraging their influence and reputation. Awolowo reportedly supported Joseph Fadahunsi (1960), Ayo Akinsanya (1960) and Adekunle Ajasin (1979). Azikiwe backed Michael Okpara Read more

  • Ekiti State Governor - Mr Biodun Oyebanji

    Endorsements and the power-brokers (1)

    The trend of endorsing Governors for a second term has gained significant momentum. This trend is particularly noteworthy in the context of Nigeria's political landscape, where endorsements can make or break a candidate's chances of winning. Read more

  • #EndBadGovernance in Nigeria

    Photo: Stephanie Douglas (Pexels - CC0)

    Before the protests begin…

    “Yes, they have also asked Nyesom Wike to allow them access to facilities at the Eagle Square, including the toilets. I think they should just insist that Wike should come physically and help them with the toilets, by cleaning for them, because it is Read more

  • Donald Trump and Joe Biden

    Biden’s exit and America’s November Blues

    What a difference a debate can make! It just made a big difference in the United States in the lead up to that country’s November 5, 2024 General Elections. For months, the White House fended off insinuations that President Biden at 81, had become Read more

  • Supreme Court of Nigeria

    Tinubu’s LG autonomy gamble

    At last, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled in favor of Nigeria's 774 Local Governments (LGs)! May God’s name be praised! Yes, the Supreme Court's ruling is a significant victory, ordering 20.6% of the Federation account allocation to be paid Read more

  • Many are fond of their fathers

    Photo: Lawrence Crayton, Unsplash

    Father’s Day and the essence of fatherhood

    Father’s Day began as a largely religious observance and recognized in some way dating back to the Middle Ages, is now celebrated in more than 111 countries, with the first of its kind on June 19, 1910. Read more

  • 17 soldiers murdered in Okuama

    The casualties of Okuama

    No one is safe. When a people turn against the same men who have been assigned to protect them, there can be no stronger proof of the failure of the State. The murder of four officers and 13 other ranks in Okuama is as President Bola Tinubu has Read more

  • Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi

    Ningi’s “mischief” and Budget 2024

    Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central) is a ranking member of Nigeria’s National Assembly. He has been a member of that Assembly since the return to democratic rule in 1999, first as a member of the House of Representatives - elected in 1999 Read more

  • Supreme Court of Nigeria

    New Justices of the Supreme Court

    When Justice Olukayode Ariwooola, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) retires from the Bench in 2024, upon the attainment of the statutory, mandatory retirement age of 70 years, he would be able to count among his legacies, as CJN, the singular fact that Read more

  • National protest against economic hardship organised by Nigeria Labour Congress

    Photo: Nigeria Labour Congress

    The gut, salutations and the hunger protests

    Salutations to the Gut is the title of an 84-page essay published over 40 years ago by Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate in Literature, Wole Soyinka celebrating the splendour of Yoruba cuisine and gastronomic hedonism, how “the true hedonist has felt in every Read more

  • Ekiti State Capital - Ado-Ekiti

    Photo: Blacadeyemi - CCA SA 4.0 Int

    Ekiti: Time to silence the guns (3)

    As an avowed Federalist, Nigerians expected Tinubu to have sent a Constitution Amendment Bill to the National Assembly with a view to tinkering with dozens of items on the Exclusive List in favour of the devolution of powers, State policing and the Read more

  • Godwin Obaseki

    “Emi Lokan, Awa Lokan” and the discontents

    “Bros, how body? Have you seen what I have seen?” “No. How do you expect me to see what you have you seen, when my eyes are different from yours? I use my own eyes. The evidence of my own ocular facility, not what other people see in a country where Read more

  • Insecurity in Nigeria

    A national emergency on insecurity

    The biggest problem Nigeria faces at the moment beyond the parlous state of the economy is the general insecurity in the land and it is about time government declared a national emergency on the challenge. Certainly, the phrase “national emergency” Read more

  • Babajide Sanwo-Olu

    Photo: @JideSanwoolu on X

    Sanwo-Olu and the pursuit of a social market economy (2)

    Sanwo-Olu is therefore blessed to have the rare opportunity of being in the driver's seat of the number one State in West Africa. But for him to benefit from the green fruits of ruling a State like Lagos, he needs to really aim for the highest, and Read more

  • Babajide Sanwo-Olu

    Photo: B Koriah - CCA-SA 4.0 Int

    Sanwo-Olu and the pursuit of a social market economy – (1)

    My discussion about the performance of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu must be put in the context that I met him at Saint Andrew’s Anglican Church, Okepopo, Lagos; and that was in 2003, under the vicarship of the then Reverend Canon ‘Segun Ajayi. Meeting Read more

  • Muhammadu Buhari and Babatunde Fashola

    Buhari And Fashola’s legacy of killer roads

    This fateful Friday of 28th July 2023, a heavy blanket of sorrow enveloped the entire population of Eket Council in Akwa Ibom State. A burial was taking place at the Eket Stadium. But this was no routine funeral. It was a State burial, a mass Read more

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