Living in denial with loans and unimplemented budgets, by Adekunle Adekoya
ON October 1, the President made a broadcast to the nation about the state of the Nigerian state. In summary, the president said that “reforms are over, foundation laid for prosperity.” The president’s assertions have never been interrogated, except for sporadic attacks from leading opposition figures about specific items. I want to ask: What was […]
Rivers: One governor, two godfathers, by Ochereome Nnanna
Barring any last minute hitches, Amaopusenibo Siminalayi Fubara will be back to office as the Governor of Rivers State after enduring his six months “suspension” by President Bola Tinubu. He will not be the same confident, belligerent and defiant rebel who walked away from the Brick House, Port Harcourt on March 18, 2025. The Tinubu/Wike rain […]
The supreme powers of the President(4), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the statement by President Obasanjo in defence of the military invasion of Zaki-Biam in Benue State to avenge the killing of 19 soldiers whose mutilated bodies were found on October 12, 2001, near some Tiv villages. He argued that the deployment of soldiers in this regard was justified under the prevailing […]
Our elections, by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
“When problems come, they bring along all their relations”.– African proverb. At a Round-table on Electoral Reforms organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, last week in Abuja, the Chairman of the Commission made an important foray into the forest of challenges which our electoral system needs to address. Please note I did not say […]
When the rich roars: The Dangote-NUPENG face-off, by Owei Lakemfa
Aliko Dangote is a likeable man. He is into philanthropism, smiles and even dances in public. However, the issue is not his person but his businesses. In the last few years, he has been engaged in endless fights over the operation of his refinery. But one of the most unnecessary is his fight with workers. Given the […]
Nigeria: How politicians started dashing cars and houses to judges
In January 1993, Ibrahim Babangida was Nigeria’s military ruler. He was supposedly in the last year of an interminable transition at the end of which he promised to hand over power to an elected civilian administration.
