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 […]
“Wike’s houses” and judicial autonomy
One of the grounds on which Supreme Court judges “mutinied” in June 2022, leading to the forced exit of Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, was inadequate housing for judicial officers. They complained that many of them lived in rented apartments which rendered them vulnerable. On the face of it, the move […]
Poor children feeding from dustbins
Ever wondered how the poorest of the poor are coping with the current hunger pandemic sweeping through Nigeria? With about 160 million Nigerians now living in multidimensional poverty, and the middle class drastically eroded due to the harsh economic policies of the Bola Tinubu administration, the very poor and vulnerable have largely lost their fall-back, […]
Nigeria, fertile ground for terrorists
Defence Headquarters, DHQ, on Thursday, November 7, 2024, announced the emergence of what it described as “a new terrorist group” which goes by the name of Lakurawa in the North-West, especially the Sokoto, Kebbi and northern parts of Niger State. The arrival of this new armed group will definitely worsen the terrible security situation in […]
Limiting our expectations of Trump
Expectedly, world leaders and pretty much every person has expectations of the President-elect of the United States of America, Donald J Trump. America is still the foremost superpower militarily and economically, and the arrival of a new helmsman at the White House is bound to raise all kinds of presumptions. President Bola Tinubu’s congratulatory message […]
America restores its broken democracy
The just-concluded American presidential and congressional elections have largely restored the United States to its pride of place as the leader of democracy and freedom in the world. Despite the oft-dirty happenings on the campaign trail, Americans and the world can look back on the Tuesday, November 5, 2024 election with a sigh of relief. […]
