Less than two weeks after the self-orchestrated coup that led to the ouster of then incumbent president of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Embalo, another coup was staged in Benin Republic of President Patrice Talon. It would have been the latest successful coup in the West African sub-region since Mali opened the door that is fast leading […]

“A nation is great not by its size alone, but by the justice it upholds and the ideals it serves”— Jean Juares There is a tendency in contemporary African discourse to reduce France to a set of political quarrels, historical grievances, and present-day misalignments. In the heated rhetoric of the Sahel, France is spoken of only […]

I am obviously excited that the Nigerian government is going to build 4,000 telecom towers in order to boost the capacity of the nation’s telecommunications backbone. A happy Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, informed, last week, that it was one of the decisions taken at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting.  Good reasons, […]

Continued from last week Economic Reforms As part of the ongoing exercise, there is urgent need for economic reforms. Regrettably, Nigeria is one of the poorest countries in the world. Having regard to the natural resources, including minerals, grassland, savannah, tropical and rain forest region, we should be one of the richest countries in the world. […]

From last week continues the narrative on the emergence of Dr Moses Majekodunmi as administrator of Western Nigeria following the declaration of emergency rule. Dr Majekodunmi had gone ahead to make key  appointments, including Prince Daniel Ademiluyi who served as  Commissioner/Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Prince Adeleke Ademiluyi was elected to the Western House of […]