Whereas Nigerians agreed that their nation is in dire need of several projects to arrive at some considerable level of development, there are by far too many views and counter views as well as actions blocking the way forward.

Whether it was for fear of nationwide strikes by labour or due deference to security reports, the decision of the Buhari administration to shelve the implementation of the proposed fuel subsidy removal was probably the best well-thought-out option for the nation.

Senator Bala Ibn Na ‘Allah, (Kebbi South) was in his element 3 days ago when he admitted on national television that the process which gave birth to the controversial electoral amendment bill “was not pain-staking enough.”

Recent bold steps by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reverse the culture of failed elections in Nigeria notwithstanding, it is hard to identify any seamless election in the country since independence.

Former US President, Donald Trump had attempted to do what many African leaders do, which is to win elections by rigging.

At the end of an international seminar on African heroes held in Lagos,9 months ago, the consensus was that only two leaders, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972) and Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) could be described as heroes of their respective countries with minimum dissent.

By Tonnie Iredia It is no longer news that Governor Bello Mattawalle of Zamfara state is now a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) having defected a few days ago, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)under whose platform he was elected governor. To those who have followed political developments in the nation, the […]

By Tonnie Iredia The insurgency which began in the Northeast some years back has had a major impact on social life in the country. Several negative happenings; banditry, kidnapping etc. are largely seen as the impact of insurgency. If nothing else, it has pushed the term ‘security’ far above all other sectors of the nation. […]

By Tonnie Iredia I confess I couldn’t attend any of the sessions on the review of the Nigerian constitution organized by the National Assembly at several locations in the country last week. This also means I was able to avoid acting in vain because for quite a long time I have not been able to decipher […]

By Tonnie Iredia This column- Nigeria Today, opened this month with a call on government to speedily fill all vacant statutory positions in our electoral body to stop her from continuing to operate with half engine, asshe had done in the last 7 months. A few days after the call, a list of nominees which […]

By Tonnie Iredia In times of crisis, all groups in society are encouraged to come up with what they understand to be the contentious issues at stake. The expectation is that an aggregation of all suchtouchy issues raised by different groups might help to set an agenda for dialogue which is always the best strategy […]

It is certainly not a coincidence that communities which have been unable to recognize the centrality of communication in the process of human development are those that are yet to develop. The United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO, saw this long ago when she declared the 1970s as the ‘Communication Decade.’ It did not […]

By Tonnie Iredia The level of violence in Nigeria today is no doubt mind boggling. How they happen intermittently but seamlessly have become puzzling. While some analysts have used the insurgency in the North-East to explain the level of violence in that region, the continuing destruction of public facilities especially in the South-East has not […]

By Tonnie Iredia To a lay person, the term ‘theory’ sounds technical but in reality it simply refers to the idea of giving a title or name to an observable phenomenon for the purpose of explaining the relationships between concepts. More pointedly, theory allows people to explain what they see and to figure out how […]

By Tonnie Iredia Last Thursday, I was slightly amused listening to Senate President, Ahmed Lawan pouring encomiums on the service chiefs of Nigeria’s military. When the report by the broadcast media on the event started playing, I had thought it was a valedictory session where some war veterans were taking a well-deserved bow. But when […]