The Southwest of Nigeria leads in several aspects of life in the country today because its pioneering leader, Obafemi Awolowo had before independence in 1960, created for his people, a reformative self-awareness governance system. As premier of the then Western Region, Awolowo introduced free education for all in addition to a combined radio and television […]

Analyst can hardly appreciate why Nigerians are so crude if they continue to discountenance the notorious fact that in our clime, people can attain wealth and prosperity without meeting any rational standards. It also aptly explains why a well-known armed robber, thug or tout instantly becomes an ‘honourable’ by bombing his way into any elective […]

The clamour for the introduction of state police in Nigeria took a brighter turn last week when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu called on the national assembly to give the clamour a legal backing. In a chat with federal legislators last Wednesday, Tinubu said, “what I am asking for tonight is for you to start thinking […]

The appointment of Tunji Disu to replace Kayode Egbetokun as Inspector General of Police (IGP) took me by surprise. To start with, I didn’t even know Disu was still in service because the last time I heard of him, the rumour was that he had been superseded. I actually thought he had since been screened out […]

Many analysts who felt they could explain away the poor conduct of the 2019 elections ended up making two irritating statements; first that the nation’s electoral body did not have a server and second that even if there was one, it was not put into use. Considering that it was public knowledge that INEC was funded […]