Tinubu’s Figures, Atiku’s Counter: Let the 2027 debate begin, by Emmanuel Aziken
There was something remarkable about the political exchange that followed President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day address on Thursday. It was not merely the sharpness of the disagreement. It was the speed. Within hours of the President presenting his economic record and declaring that Nigeria had reached a turning point, Atiku Abubakar was before the country […]
Police, Evans and the cheers
It’s good to praise the police, but it’s also good to tell them some bitter truths, sometimes
We celebrate Junetwelfth
Last Monday June 12 means many things to many people. The dream of a good year that was waning was manifestly rekindled with the Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo giving the presidential assent to the 2017 Appropriation Act. The ceremony orchestrated camaraderie for the executive and legislative principals in the Presidential Villa Abuja. Many Nigerians were frenziedly emotional that at last the pregnancy of the belated 2017 budget was given a meaning.
A great asset to public life
Osinbajo is a Class Act who also has a Common Touch; he is an elitist…and a populist when it is necessary to come down to earth and sincerely empathise with ordinary folks
There was a country called Libya
Doubtlessly, the NATO powers that sunk Libya would not want to see the country refloat under Saif; but if faced with a choice between him and the Islamic State, they may prefer the former
Biafra, quit notice and all that nonsense
Kanu’s conduct and utterances since his release on bail are deplorable; but no less deplorable are the so-called Arewa youths and their Kaduna Declaration
