In about ten days or so, Nigeria will be celebrating her unenviable 64th Independence anniversary. President Bola Tinubu is expected to follow tradition and address the nation. Tinubu has become known for largely recycling many of his past speeches. But this time, we expect something capable of giving Nigerians genuine “renewed hope”. Tinubu is about […]

Immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has continued to play pranks with law enforcement agencies for far too long. Bello, who was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after his hand-picked successor, Governor Usman Ododo, rescued him from the Commission’s operatives in his Abuja private mansion, has continued to […]

Apart from corruption, one of the greatest reasons for Nigeria’s backwardness is inability of government leaders to implement policies as planned or budgeted. Planning, ideas and elegant “grammar” are never in short supply. Bringing plans to life always is. It is a national problem that must be addressed if we are to move forward. The […]

Today, Thursday, September 19, 2024, is the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s, deadline for the cessation of all campaigns for the Edo State Governorship Election coming up on Saturday, September 21. It has been a very feisty and acrimonious electioneering period for the 16 political parties and their candidates lining up for the election. It […]

Over 31 months since the Federal Government unveiled what it called a plan to convert 200,000 commercial vehicles to run on Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, or Autogas, nothing serious has been done towards its actualisation. In January 2022, preparatory to the final withdrawal of the Federal Government from payment of petrol subsidies, the Muhammadu Buhari […]