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 […]
Eradicating barbarism in African football
If Nigeria still has the stuff that models it as the “giant of Africa”, it must seize this moment and rally support for an end to the uncivilised conduct of some African countries towards visiting fellow African sports (especially football) teams. Nigeria and Libya “brawled” on and off the football pitch towards their qualification for […]
Jigawa petrol tanker tragedy
Jigawa State and Nigeria as a whole suffered another tragedy on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 when a petrol tanker travelling from Kano to Nguru in Yobe State, overturned near Khadija University, Majiya village in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. About 140 lives were lost and another 70 injured in the inferno that ensued […]
Edun and Tinubu’s food waiver
All eyes are on the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, to take personally, President Bola Tinubu’s food imports waiver policy implementation announced as a means of temporarily ameliorating the current extreme hunger in Nigeria. Following the #EndBadGovernance and #EndHardship protests in early August this year, which erupted as a […]
NOA’s struggle for funding support
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, part of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, is one of the least esteemed Federal Government’s departments and agencies. Since the dawn of the current democratic dispensation, the NOA has languished in the shadow of relevance because no regime has shown interest in deploying it to push the […]
Let detained protesters go home
There is no reasonable ground for the Federal Government to continue detaining Nigerians in police or prison custody for participating in any protest, be it the #EndSARS event of October 2020, the #EndBadGovernance protests of August 2024 or any other. Sections 39 and 40 of the 1999 Constitution (As Amended), guarantee freedom of speech and […]
