Independence address, endless promises no specifics
By Dele Sobowale Bayo Onanuga, the Senior Special Adviser to the President, accused critics of writing their responses without reading Tinubu’s address. That is certainly not true about me. In fact, the address was read to me by Uncle Sam, the Publisher of Vanguard, in his house – while asking for my comments on a […]
Nigeria should not disintegrate under Tinubu, by Ochereome Nnanna
By the time you read this, President Bola Tinubu may have read the traditional Independence Day national broadcast. It is usually full of platitudes used to inspire the citizenry, reassure them of the glorious promises of the nation despite present challenges, forge national unity and patriotism and encourage the people to be ready to lay down […]
PENGASSAN and NUPENG as economic saboteurs, by Rotimi Fasan
Should it surprise Nigerians that in the lingering industrial dispute between Dangote Refinery and the oil unions, PENGASSAN and NUPENG, the NLC’s immediate response, its contribution to the matter, is to mobilise its members for a nationwide strike? Its call for a strike is based on the exaggerated influence of its tiny membership. The NLC and […]
Fight, surrender or make peace, by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
“The more you spend on peace, the less you spend on war”.– African proverb. Debates on rising cases of agreements involving communities, on the one hand, and organised and armed criminal gangs(popularly known as bandits) on the other, are reaching new levels of bitterness and concerns. The bitterness comes from victims of bandits who are accused […]
The supreme powers of the President(6), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the text of the nationwide broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan defending his declaration on May 14, 2013 of a state of emergency in three states: Adamawa, Borno and Yobe following worsening insurgency by terrorists groups in the states. We have a duty to stand firm against those who threaten the sovereign integrity […]
Choosing between the death of Nigerian democracy and electoral reforms, by Owei Lakemfa
When doctors recommend 16 major surgeries and 21 minor ones for a patient, no divination is needed to tell you the patient is in a grave situation. This is the situation with the Nigerian electoral process where teams of civil society associations have recommended 21 constitutional and 16 Electoral Act amendments. These were presented on September 23, […]
