Wike’s politics of gbas-gbos — the brand of raw confrontation that blurs party lines, intimidates institutions, and thrives on public spectacle — appeared, until recently, immune to political boundaries. For years, Nyesom Wike operated in a space where allegiance to party mattered less than allegiance to power. He fought PDP leaders while funding APC victories. He governed […]

The recently opened coastal highway also opened up a few more things than the road itself. It opened the eyes of many Nigerians to what is possible. A friend and professional colleague, who in the almost fifty years that we have known each other, has consistently been a sworn enemy of all that is bad in governance […]

LAST week, I discussed here that the governments of Nigeria will have to do more to enable Nigerians pay tax the way the government wants them to pay it. The new tax laws which came into effect January 1, despite the furore over what was passed and what was gazetted is supposed to be a step in […]

On a Youtube podcast I posted a few days ago, I briefly discussed conflicts  that destroy or undermine relationships. One such conflict recently occurred in my life and it revolved around religion. In a nutshell, a former friend and I are no longer on speaking terms because she took offence when I politely refused to share […]

This seventh edition of my special yearly forecast might be the last. I’ve enjoyed  doing it – the hits and the misses – especially the big hits.  From twice forecasting that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar would lose (2019 and 2023, he’ll lose again in 2027), months before the election, to predicting that at least five […]

Mark Twain, the American writer and humourist, famously said: “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics.” This aphorism is truer in Nigeria than in virtually any other country. Put bluntly, one must be utterly gullible to believe official statistics in Nigeria. The unreliability of official data in Nigeria is known universally, with […]

Last week, we talked about why communication goals fail. The vagueness problem. The motivation trap. The unrealistic expectations. The lack of accountability. If you recognized yourself in any of those patterns—and most of us do—then you already know that simply setting another goal in January won’t change anything. What changes things is setting goals differently. This […]

Former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is  an aggressive person, always exhibiting hostile behaviour in his relationships with others. At every point, he wants to dominate, harm or violate others’ rights without any iota of regard for their feelings. But it is worse now. Today, he is lashing […]

History was made in Awka-Etiti, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, as the founder of the Lucky Adimike Foundation, Mr Lucky Chinedu Adimike, empowered 45 persons with ₦1 million each.

The headline above would give the scent of a little bit of politics but not the flatulence of political defections all over the place. Every little infra dig in politics and also the far more established ones are emigrating to one direction to remain in political Mecca with scant consideration for the people they claim to […]

The way some Nigerians react to global geopolitics leaves one in no doubt of their poor, dangerously ignorant, apprehension of what it means for an African country to survive in today’s world. They see but cannot understand the brazen determination of certain leaders they perceive as saviours of the world, particularly the black man, to return […]

“Where there is no vision, the people perish; but where there is no truth, the people turn against each other.” The question of whether social media poses an existential threat to Nigeria may at first seem improbable. Yet in today’s Nigeria, where the political order is strained, where cohesion is brittle, where cynicism is rampant and […]

From last week continues the narrative on the constitutional roles of traditional rulers in the first republic. It also highlights their little recognition in the 1979 constitution and the non recognition in the 1999 constitution . While the 1979 Constitution gave a little role to the traditional rulers, the 1963 Constitution gave free role to […]

 “The poll that matters is the one that happens on Election Day”—   Heather Wilson We are at that point when you get genuinely confused over the length of an election race. So much has been packed into the last two years that you will be forgiven for thinking the elections of 2027 have only one competitor: […]

By Dele Sobowale The report in the PUNCH went on to state that “The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, has warned of the risks the nation becomes exposed to over alleged discrepancies between the tax laws passed by the National Assembly and the versions that were gazetted.” President Tinubu is strongly advised to listen to the […]