As Nigerians ponder over the lessons of the recent protest against bad governance and hunger in the land, it is becoming clear that those who ordinarily should reset the course of governance in the country have not drawn any lesson from the uprising against the status quo. That much was espoused in President Bola Tinubu’s […]

The 10-day protest against bad governance which commenced on Thursday, August 1, 2024, is proving to be about the most effective demonstration by the populace against political actors in recent history. The only rage against the government that compares with it may be the demonstrations against military rule, notably the Anti-SAP riots and then the […]

Nigeria has all of a sudden been taken over by a debate about protest. The frenzy immediately brings to mind the stinging rebuke on the nation by the president of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanne who said that Nigerians love to debate at the expense of the collective good. “You love to debate… But if you look […]

It is remarkable that two of the most prominent political actors who topped the news this week on account of their blistering attacks on the performance indices of the Bola Tinubu administration were about the most energetic enablers of Asiwaju’s presidential aspiration. Senator Ali Ndume was until this week, the Senate Chief Whip, and Comrade […]

To dub the Supreme Court judgment granting full autonomy to the Local Governments as a reset of Nigeria’s democratic order may not be far- fetched. Nigeria’s Fourth Republic era was set on course with the Local Government election of December 5, 1998, which was used to set the benchmark for the parties to be registered […]