Lessons From Osun 2026 and the road to 2027: Parties, personalities and the coming contest (2), by Usman Sarki
The first part of this article concluded with the observation that while all politics may indeed be local, the economic hardship confronting Nigerians today is anything but local. But before examining how these conditions may shape the 2027 elections, the Osun experience invites us to confront an even more fundamental question: what exactly do our political parties […]
Coup-plotters and ethno-religious sentiment: Time to resist
We must resist any attempt at side-lining the Acting-President and all those who have proven their competence and begin to build a Nigeria where tribe and religion are simply not a factor
Appointment of SAN: Limitation of number-effect on merit
“I am of the view that all persons who merit the rank in any given year should be conferred with it. The sole test, as is now the position in England should be excellence in advocacy. This way there will be no backlog of applicants”.
The epidemic of universities in Nigeria
There must be a lot of money to be made in these pet projects – a new avenue to siphon considerable funds
Amina Mohammed as Deputy secretary general of the UN
The path of the DSG is strewn with banana peels and with snakes and scorpions; the Amina we know is not innocent of the complex algorithms of power
The price of indifference
THE scripture in the book of Numbers told the story of how when Israel was staying in Shittim, its men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women. The adulterous women invited them to the sacrifices of their gods and the people ate the sacrificial meal and bowed down before these gods. In the process, Israel became yoked to the Baal of Peor and the Lord’s anger burned against them.
