Saturday Talking Point

A lazy opposition in disarray goes for broke, by Rotimi Fasan

A lazy opposition in disarray goes for broke, by Rotimi Fasan

In just over two weeks, it would have been two years since President Bola Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election. His victory was hard won and is still the cause of much bitterness among members of the opposition who still cannot reconcile themselves to it. For them, it’s as if there could be a way to overturn […]
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It’s a piggy fight in Kaduna

It’s a piggy fight in Kaduna

Stories from Kaduna State in recent times have not been pleasant. In addition to the killings carried out mostly in the southern part of the state by suspected Fulani herdsmen, among others, the political crisis now rocking the state appears to have assumed a more dangerous dimension.

Now that snakes are swallowing millions

Now that snakes are swallowing millions

Very strange things really do happen in Nigeria, and in quick succession, too. As the now popular saying goes, there’s no dull moment in the country.

Wonderful! Police now asking for number plate receipts

Wonderful! Police now asking for number plate receipts

The term, ‘Police is your friend,’ must have been aimed at dispelling the fears and ‘false impressions’ the general public had about the police force in the past. That may have been so in the past and still so in the present because the force is easily the first place one runs to in time of emergency and danger. But all that depends on individual experiences.

2019 and call for coalition

2019 and call for coalition

Going by the popular quote attributed to French philosopher, Joseph de Maistre: ‘Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite,’ but translated in English in several variables, including “Every country has the government it deserves” and “In a democracy, people get the leaders they deserve,” politicians alone should not be blamed for present day Nigeria’s woes.