S/African Afrophobia: All eyes on AU
President Bola Tinubu was right to take South Africa’s recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks to the African Union (AU). Speaking for him at the AU’s 21st Extraordinary Session in Luanda, Vice President Kashim Shettima called for collective action and urged that the matter be placed on the agenda of the January 2027 General Assembly. That […]
Celebrating vulture awareness day
Unfortunately, vultures are stigmatised in certain cultures, mainly due to social misconceptions and folklore associating them with death and decay.
Gabon: Another bites the dust
THE early Wednesday morning coup that ousted President Ali Bongo of Gabon is yet another clear signal that military intervention in our part of Africa is returning to the centre stage after a few decades of romance with democracy.
FG’s palliative funds for states
We also expect the states to initiate their own respective independent measures rather than merely lying supine to suck from the Federal Government’s feeding bottle, a pandering to dependency syndrome. The states have also benefited immensely from increased federal allocation since the subsidy removal implementation started three months ago.
Travesty of ministerial screening
How else could it be possible for candidates ostensibly screened for high positions in government are later found to have issues that should have disqualified them at the screening stage?
Properly engaging Niger Rep junta
FROM Day One, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, committed a great blunder by its decision to announce a military adventure purportedly to flush out the junta of Niger Republic led by General Abdourahmane Omar Tchiani. A newly-installed president of Nigeria who a few weeks later was elected Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of […]
Renewed call for Nnamdi Kanu’s release
THE call by a House of Representatives ad hoc committee for the “unconditional” release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is timely as we approach one year after the courts ordered his release. The committee headed by Obinna Iguocha, was empanelled by the Speaker of the House of […]
Standardising our food exports for global acceptability
IT is a shame that up till today, Nigeria has not been able to fix the problems that inhibit the export of our farm products, especially foodstuffs, to other parts of the world. Back in 2017, then Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Audu Ogbeh, raised the alarm that Nigerian yams were not allowed into the United […]
Tinubu’s non-acidic media outlook
WITH the unveiling of the portfolios of his cabinet nominees and their swearing in on Monday, August 21, 2023, the administration of President Bola Tinubu is fully installed and ready to go. The media and social advocacy community waited with bated breath for the appointment of the Presidential Spokesman, Minister of Information and Attorney General […]
Tinubu as oil minister
NIGERIANS received with mixed feelings the apportioning of portfolios to President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet nominees. Some of the appointments were well-received because of the track records of those entrusted with vital posts. For instance, the appointment of former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, can revive the fortunes of […]
Beyond the Kano election tribunal bribery allegations
A SCANDAL over alleged attempts by senior lawyers to bribe the judges of the Kano State National and State Election Petition Tribunal caused a stir over the past week. The Chairperson of Panel 2, Election Petition Tribunal, Justice Flora Ngozi Azinge, alleged in open court that money had been “flying around”, and that a Senior […]
