Obi can win if he steps up!!! By Donu Kogbara
Dr Yunusa Tanko was one of Peter Obi’s staunchest allies for years. News that he has resigned from the Obidient Movement he once coordinated to head the presidential campaign council of Prince Adewole Adebayo’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) came as a shock to me and many other onlookers. As former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, […]
Democracy, governance and the Nigerian condition (2), by Usman Sarki
“Every age has its own manners, and its politics dependent upon them”- Edmund Burke, 1729-1797 SEVERAL landmark achievements were recorded during those two administrations, which still have some relevance on governance in our country today. Much as the annulment of the June 12, 1993 elections formed a watershed in our country’s politics, several other initiatives […]
Between NBC and MRA, what happens to regulation now? By Okoh Aihe
THE National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, got a dip in reputation and responsibilities last week when a Federal High Court in Abuja shaved it of its capacity to ever place a fine on any of the broadcast stations it regulates. It was a major victory for Media Rights Agenda, MRA, which had taken the Commission to court […]
The Villa makes it easy to get lost (3), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative of how Abuja came to become Nigeria’s seat of government following the failed April 22, 1990 coup and how it has fared over the years compared to other countries’ federal capital Captain Bade Omowa from Oka, Akoko in Ondo State and others played a major role in rescuing General […]
Looted funds and Nigeria’s public accountability gaps, by Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria lately has been lucky, though, for the wrong reasons. Money has metaphorically been falling from the sky when the nation is in severe economic distress and needs every dollar to meet her obligations. First, it was the series of Abacha loots. From the United States alone, approximately $332.4 million were recovered. Between March 2021 and […]
The making of Supreme confusion, by Chidi Odinkalu
Most people do not know or remember that, strictly speaking, there were and remain no official results for Nigeria’s 2007 presidential election. Organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the vote itself occurred on April 21, 2007 under Maurice Iwu, a professor whose academic discipline coincidentally was alchemy. His main qualification for the position of […]
