GRADUALLY, the Federal Government is building up the hope of the Nigerian people towards the 2023 general elections. More Nigerians have come to see the possibility of an election in which their choices at the polls will be respected. Since he signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill after a protracted battle of wits, President Muhammadu […]

FROM today, Thursday December 15, 2022 to January 15, 2023, Nigerians travelling to the Eastern parts of the country will have the rare and exciting privilege of riding on the brand new Second Niger Bridge. The Federal Government declared this bonanza to eastward travellers as a Christmas package. According to the Minister of Works and […]

AS the President Muhammadu Buhari government gradually winds down, there is a growing trend among its highly-placed officials to defy laws put in place in the Constitution to ensure accountability. First, it was the refusal of the Chiefs of the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to […]

THE Federal Government has, at last, yielded to calls by well-meaning Nigerians to investigate the crude oil theft which has left our economy haggard, despite the oil boom that other oil-producing economies experience. The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, had in October this year, prevailed on the Federal Government to institute a Judicial Panel of […]

NIGERIAN youths, especially those graduating from institutions of higher learning, do not need to be warned or reminded that the days of automatic white-collar employment opportunities are gone. The Acting Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Christy Uba, reiterated this reality at the swearing-in of Batch “C” Stream II Corps members throughout […]

THE National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD’s, recent alarm of a looming mass migration of no less than 4,000 of its members in the nearest future should call for an emergency meeting of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government with the medical service unions to discuss the stoppage of such a haemorrhage. But, of course, no such […]

THERE is an epidemic of vandalism and theft of school furnishings in Akwa Ibom State. It has been going on for quite a while, and the state government appears powerless to stop it. In March 2022, Government Primary School, Aka Offot in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, was serially vandalised and its roofing sheets, wash hand basins, […]

WHEN the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, raised the alarm a couple of months ago that some fifth columnists are working against the use of proven technology to fight rigging in the 2023 general elections, some accused them of being false alarmists. CUPP had claimed that the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC’s, Voter’s Register was […]

THE President Muhammadu Buhari administration appears determined to be remembered for one or two things after almost eight years of rudderless leadership. About a fortnight ago, embattled Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, announced  restoration of History as a subject in our basic education curriculum after 15 years of its unconscionable exclusion. On Wednesday, November 30, […]

THE Muhammadu Buhari government hardly takes responsibility for its failings. It is very well known for making grandiose promises and shifting blames to other parties. Up till date, the regime keeps blaming “previous regimes” even after almost eight years it was given to fix problems that it met. After the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting […]