Osun guber as a primer to 2027 elections
The Osun State governorship election has offered Nigeria a preview of what the 2027 general elections could become—and what they must never become. It was preceded by an ugly cocktail of defections, political brinkmanship, institutional controversy and violence. Governor Ademola Adeleke’s hurried exit from the PDP, after failing to secure a route into the APC […]
As Ogoni clean-up gathers pace
It is so heart-warming to see that the long-touted Ogoniland clean-up has become a reality and no longer the stuff of speculation or propaganda. A recent media tour verified that the yearnings of the Ogoni people, the subject of their struggle and the vision of the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, to restore Ogoniland, are […]
Respecting Rivers people’s mandates
The Senate and House of Representatives chambers of the National Assembly did not disappoint in their virtual rubberstamping of the state of emergency President Bola Tinubu declared in Rivers State on Wednesday last week. He suspended those elected by the Rivers people to govern them for a term of four years – Governor Siminalayi Fubara, […]
Adelabu’s predatory power tariffs
About a year ago, Nigerians woke up to be confronted with a massive hike in power supply tariff. President Bola Tinubu’s government, which operates an economic template dictated by the IMF/World Bank, extended his subsidy removal to the power sector. On his Inauguration Day (May 29, 2023) he had announced the immediate commencement of implementation […]
Upgrading street sweepers to minimum wage
The problems associated with contract employment in the Nigerian labour market reared their ugly heads last week when a female street sweeper, who declined to disclose her name, went on a lone protest in Lagos to draw attention to the plight she and her 16,488 colleagues face. According to her in an appeal to the […]
Calls on NCC to block porn sites
We are fully on the same page with the call by the House of Representatives on the need to block all porn sites because of the damage porn is wreaking on the fabric of our society. Last week, the House directed the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, the industry regulator, to shut down porn hosting websites […]
Rivers also needs “Lagos Treatment”
President Bola Tinubu is expected to bring his “magic touch” to fix the Rivers State political crisis just as he did in dousing the heat rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Attention, ECOWAS standby force
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, under the leadership of Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, is moving forward with the recent establishment of the 5,000-strong ECOWAS Standby Force. By so doing, the ECOWAS has proved once again to be one of the most active regional bodies in the world. It has moved ahead of […]
Year of paradigm shift at PAP
The establishment of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, was the magic wand with which the late President Umaru Yar’ Adua peacefully ended militancy in the Niger Delta in 2009. It forever endeared him to the people of the region. The programme was designed to provide the framework for disarmament and reintegration of ex-militants. It offered […]
Africa must end aid dependency
One of the greatest signposts of shame on the face of Africa is the dependency of most of its member nations on foreign aids. Unfortunately, Nigeria, the much touted “giant of Africa”, is one of them. Evidence of this was the recent provision of N700 billion by President Bola Tinubu to cover for the scrapping […]
On invasion of IKEDC by Air Force men
Rogue elements of Nigeria’s uniformed forces have formed the habit of taking the law into their hands at the slightest provocation. They portray our armed forces as threats, rather than protectors of society. Last week Thursday, some Air Force personnel from the Sam Ethnan Air Force Base, Ikeja, stormed the headquarters of the Ikeja Electric […]
