Let ideas dominate the campaigns
The August 19, 2026 date fixed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the commencement of campaigns for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly Elections has passed. Once again, Nigeria has entered another election season, bringing with it the familiar sights and sounds of rallies, endorsements, defections, slogans, promises and political fireworks. But Nigerians […]
Calming the Abia guber storms
Respite came the way of the Abia State gubernatorial logjam on Tuesday July 26, 2016, when the Justice Morenike Ogunwumiju-led five-man panel of the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja, ordered all parties involved in the power tussle to “remain as they were” before the case was brought to the court.
Abuse of power in Zamfara
On Wednesday July 20, 2016, operatives of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) reportedly swooped on the Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Sanusi Rikiji; his Deputy, Muhammad Gumi and other principal officers of the House and hauled them into detention, allegedly on the orders of the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari.
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.
