THE resurrected failed Abuja CCTV contract scandal is just another evidence of how corruption and indolence among public officeholders have led to the current state of state failure. Following the upsurge of insecurity in Abuja, the President Goodluck Jonathan administration approved the contract for the installation of Close Circuit Television, CCTV, in strategic parts of […]

ON Monday, May 22, 2023, Nigerians glowed with pride as the long-awaited Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company finally opened its doors for business. To show how significant the event was, President Muhammadu Buhari led five other African presidents to unveil the gargantuan project. The Refinery boasts intimidating credentials. It is the largest single-train refinery in […]

MANY well-meaning Nigerians heaved sighs of relief when the Federal Government announced in April 2023 its decision to postpone the proposed national population census. The exercise, which was conceived five years earlier, was billed for March 29, 2023. It was initially shifted to April 2 and finally to May 3, 2023 before the outright indefinite […]

THE debate over whether a new president should be inaugurated on May 29, 2023 while the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, is yet to rule on the February 25, 2023 presidential election is still raging. Meanwhile, the state pushes aggressively ahead with inauguration preparations. The presidential running mate of the Labour Party, LP, Senator Yusuf […]

THE altercation between musician Seun Kuti and a policeman in uniform on the Third Mainland Bridge was one of the main dramas of the past weekend which was the talk of the town and the social media. Enraged Seun, a son of the Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was caught on camera hectoring the unarmed […]