There is something they say about digging yourself into a hole. It usually takes more  time to claw your way back. That is, if you ever want to see light again.  The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, did not intentionally dig itself into a hole. Some people, given the responsibility to curate the day-to-day operations of the […]

Nigeria’s political landscape still looks like a confused field of play with politicians running around like headless chickens bound for the cooking pot. The political parties are in disarray and their members pretend to be hard at work with their avowed plan of moving the country in a new direction. They are full of motion even […]

Nigeria’s political evolution has been punctuated by several high-profile impeachments—each a revealing episode in the nation’s democratic journey. From governors to deputy governors and legislative leaders, these events shed light on the tensions between political ambition and constitutional order. They also underscore the pivotal role of the judiciary in safeguarding democracy when political processes go awry. […]

“Facts are the most eloquent form of apologetics“–    John Buchan Northern Nigeria is quite a large  expanse of land comprising of 19 states and the federal capital territory, thus forming over two-thirds of the country’s land mass. Perhaps this singular fact is the greatest drawback of the North, for which residual resentment and antagonism […]

When President Bola Tinubu arrived in Lagos recently for the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, of which he is the Council Chairman, he was received at the airport, as usual, by a large crowd of VIPs. As each bowed in obeisance and “loyalty”, Tinubu shook his or her hand with […]