IT was probably more than a coincidence that President Bola Tinubu met a cross-section of Nigeria’s traditional rulers within the first ten days of his administration. The meeting was a reminder of the age-old call for constitutional roles for traditional rulers in Nigeria. What we have now is a loose arrangement whereby the various states […]

Unusually brisk pace has attended the Federal Government’s determination to share powers with the states on electricity supply. It has apparently dawned on the Federal Government that its continued monopolistic hold on electric power has been the primary reason that the nation has been unable to move forward in power generation, transmission and distribution. In […]

We wonder what criteria the anti-graft agencies, especially the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, use to determine which suspected corrupt ex-political officeholders to go after when they leave public offices? Immediate past Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika’s name has been trending for about three weeks over the naked impunity of an alleged swindle […]

THE 10th Session of the National Assembly will be inaugurated today, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. The inauguration by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be preceded by the election of the President of the Senate and Deputy President of the Senate, as well as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Deputy Speaker as […]

Today is the fifth edition of Nigeria’s new Democracy Day. Before June 2018, our Inauguration Day (May 29) was also the Democracy Day, as dictated by the military regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar in its 1998/1999 transition to civil rule programme. Nigerians clamoured for, and finally got former President Muhammadu Buhari to grant June 12 […]

The announcement of the demise of High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, marine engineer and broadcast mogul, came to many as a shock, typical of death news. Dokpesi, an ebullient personality, pioneering broadcast mogul, astute politician and colourful socialite, was one of the architects of the Nigerian project, particularly from the early 1990s till the end […]

Nigeria’s economy has been struggling for years, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s new administration is seeking novel ways to turn the situation around. One of his major proposals is the introduction of a credit culture in our economy.Credit culture refers to an economic environment where people have access to loans and credit facilities to support […]

The quick and timely response of the Federal Government to the strike notice earlier served by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has brought great relief to the economy which should by today have been reeling. We commend both sides for treading the line of patriotism and demonstrating willingness to work together towards finding acceptable and […]

We deeply fault the South-East Governors’ decision to name the newly completed Second Niger Bridge after the recently out-gone President Muhammadu Buhari. The Governors purportedly named the Bridge after Buhari in appreciation of his commitment to its completion. We do not question Buhari’s contribution to the completion of the Bridge, given its chequered history. Former […]

FOR the past 24 years, we have not really been practising democracy in full. We are still transiting from military culture in a civilian rule largely based on the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended). The Executive, both at the federal and state levels, still behaves like military heads of state […]

NIGERIANS may be in for a new era of prompt and proactive attention to important governance issues if what happened on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, was anything to go by. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu instructed men of the Directorate of State Services, DSS, to “immediately” vacate offices of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, […]

MANY analysts have blamed President Bola Tinubu for the hardship that hit the country over his statement on the immediate removal of the vexatious fuel subsidy hours after he was sworn into office. Tinubu had expressed his delight that the Muhammadu Buhari regime had announced a July 2023 date for the end of subsidy payments […]

IN today’s turbulent world, it’s more important than ever to have people willing to put their lives on the line to keep others safe. Monday, May 29, 2023 marked this year’s International Day of United Nation’s Peace Keepers, set aside to celebrate these heroes and heroines, especially those of them who have paid the supreme […]

With the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, at the Eagle Square, all eyes are on the 10th National Assembly, NASS, which, when inaugurated, will complete the installation of the Tinubu regime. The Senate and the House of Representatives, HOR, will choose from among themselves those to serve as […]

THE long-awaited Inauguration Day 2023 has arrived! Outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari will hand over power to incoming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Eagle Square, Abuja. Today is also a public holiday to mark the change of batons at the federal and state levels. After today’s fanfare, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima […]