Pointless debate on Tinubu’s certificate, by Suleiman A. Suleiman
The ongoing debate about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s educational certificates is not and should not be the defining issue in a Nigerian presidential election. We cannot always reduce serious questions of governance in a presidential election to fitful hysteria about the academic credentials of candidates. For a sitting president, the certificate controversy is not very useful […]
Advent
The air is filled with lamentations about the dry Christmas that awaits many Nigerians
Saraki shows strength
Thursday’s unveiling of former minister of youth and sports, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi as the new spokesman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC may have been programmed to fill the vacancy that existed since the ministerial appointment of the former spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. But how the appointment will heal the wounds in the ruling party is another thing.
Democracy needs a strong structure
Look at the way the Judiciary handled the legal tussles between two PDP factions in Ondo State
That long pipeline to import Niger republic crude
Buhari’s mandate subsists for our leader in the heroic mold, but not the experiences rulers that are complete and prevent any movement of change
Rivers re-run
Active APC and PDP supporters will soon face each other in yet another electoral re–run in my home state, Rivers. I have spoken to several Riverians – non-politicians – about this upcoming battle, which has been scheduled for December 10th; and they are all extremely worried because violence has marred previous polls and the widespread assumption is that violence will rear its ugly head again next weekend.
