From the take-off of the current federal government in Nigeria till today, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the nation’s current minister of Interior has been seen by many as one of President Bola Tinubu’s best appointees. Young, agile and proactive, Tunji-Ojo has left no one in doubt that he would sustain high performances all through his tenure. Indeed, at […]

Last week, I took off a few minutes from my present preoccupation of establishing a tertiary institution to review latest events across Nigeria in line with the dictates of this column. News reports tended to point at Benue as a busy state until it became clear that all events appearing under the state were restricted to […]

With the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999 after several years of military rule, many Nigerians had looked forward to a new way of life different from impunity, rigidity and on the spot decisions that can hardly stand the test of time. More than 25 years after, governance has only slightly moved away from […]

Retired public servants as distinct from political office holders in Nigeria live in penury. The value of their pensions is not only too little for survival, disbursements are never regular leading to huge arrears of the otherwise meagre entitlements of retirees. At the beginning of a new administration at federal and subnational levels in Nigeria in […]

The political system of any society refers generally to how the society concerned functions. History records many types of political systems…

Seventy-three (73) years ago, the Northern House of Chiefs made history when it passed a motion moved by the Emir of Gwandu mandating all native authorities to fight the disturbing trend of corruption among public officials in the colony. Other parts of what became Nigeria embraced the laudable motion. From then till now, our successive political […]

ex-President Shehu Shagari Whenever Nigeria chooses to honour anyone, there are two things that do not appear well considered.The first is the honouree’s past while the second is the likely impact that subsequent events may have on the reasonability of the decision which influenced the honour. The first is truly bad because of its failure to […]

The Patriots led by His Excellency Chief Emeka Anyaoku GCON former Secretary General of the Commonwealth and the Nigerian Political Summit Group (NPSG) are two reputable groups dedicated to the evolution of a true constitution for Nigeria. To this end, both groups are convening a National Summit in the next 48 hours on the future of […]

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 provided for a House of Assembly in each state of the federation to make laws for the good governance of the states. At the federal level however, the same constitution created two legislative chambers, namely: the Senate and the House of Representatives. One expects federal laws to […]

Although politicians are usually seen to be actively engaged in political party activities, they have little or no interest in the management of their political parties. Instead, they all want to hold public office and would do whatever it takes to get into office and remain there perpetually even if it turns out to be at […]