Jonathan’s “mind your business”caution to governors
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s warning to governors and political heavyweights who descended on Osun for the August 15 governorship election is worth attention. It is a reminder that Nigeria’s democracy cannot afford to turn off-cycle elections into jamborees for outside political forces. The spectacle was difficult to miss. The All Progressives Congress (APC) constituted a […]
A call for decency in National Assembly
The faceoff between Senator Oluremi Tinubu and Senator Dino Melaye again exposed the underbelly of Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber as one lacking in internal cohesion.
Attracting foreign investors to the forex market
Feelers from last week’s foreign investment road-show by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) indicated that Nigeria’s finances and the economy as a whole may be headed to its worst external sector positions.
Curtailing attacks on communities
Penultimate week’s violent attack on a border community between Lagos and Ogun States by petroleum pipeline vandals in which 14 people were killed again spawned the nagging issue of insecurity across the country.
Hope for justice for Ige, Dikibo
It is with great delight that we join millions of well-meaning Nigerians to applaud the reported decision by the Federal Government to reopen some of the most painful unsolved murders in our history.
Stop fighting, leave the courts to decide
The war of words between the Presidency and leadership of the Senate is yet another eruption in the frosty relationship between the executive and the legislative branches of government since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
