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 […]