Independence address, endless promises no specifics
By Dele Sobowale Bayo Onanuga, the Senior Special Adviser to the President, accused critics of writing their responses without reading Tinubu’s address. That is certainly not true about me. In fact, the address was read to me by Uncle Sam, the Publisher of Vanguard, in his house – while asking for my comments on a […]
Hunger and FG’s food import waiver initiative, by Adekunle Adekoya
IT is no longer news that Nigerians are going through the worst cost of living crisis in the history of the country, the news Nigerians are looking forward to read about or hear is that prices of foodstuffs are coming down. But that is beginning to look like a far-fetched hope as there seems to […]
Nigeria’s democracy must be truly representative and accountable, by Olu Fasan
There are two models of democracy. One is a direct democracy; the other is a representative democracy. In the former, citizens elect people as “delegates” to the legislature to formulate laws and policies but retain the powers to decide directly themselves what laws and policies they want. One notable example of a direct democracy is Switzerland, […]
Strategic pausing in speaking and writing (2), by Ruth Oji
I trust you have been applying strategic pausing in your speaking and writing engagements. I had noted that this week’s article will cover other pertinent areas of deploying silence. Recall that silence isn’t just about how we present information; it’s also a powerful tool in how we receive it. This week’s article thus focuses on how to […]
Peter Obi’s alarm and gbajue politics, by Rotimi Fasan
No Nigerian old enough to know what the times say will forget 2024 in a hurry. It was a frightful year; the year when all the negative effects of the policies President Bola Tinubu had put in place to address the country’s many problems were most jarring in their effect. The pump price of petrol (the […]
A new dawn for Nigeria: The New Year address of President Tinubu, by Afe Babalola
On January 1, 2025, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu delivered his new year address to the nation. His address presented a message of hope and prospects for better days for the nation. The President’s address can be divided into three heads. These are: Achievements in 2024, Concern in 2024 and […]
