THE Muhammadu Buhari administration and the National Assembly led by Senate President Maina Lawan deserve a pat on the back for successfully moving the power to build and operate power grids and railway systems from the Exclusive List to the Concurrent List. The overloading of the Exclusive List with Federal powers by the Military for […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and the 9th National Assembly presided over by Senator Ahmed Maina Lawan, have given Nigerians a parting gift: devolution of some powers, which were erstwhile exclusively wielded by the Federal Government, to the states. Top among them are: empowerment of the states to build electric power stations and generate, distribute and transmit […]

TRADERS all over Nigeria live in daily dread of the possibility that their wares and shops could be destroyed by fire. Just a few weeks ago, the popular Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State went up in flames in what was suspected as an arson attack by terrorists. Governor Babagana Zulum immediately promised a N1 […]

SAVE for the bye-elections and the pending proceedings at the Election Petition Tribunal, the much-vaunted 2023 general elections have come and gone. Compared to the romantic mind pictures that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had painted prior to it, they were nothing to write home about. When he was appointed in October 2015, Professor […]

EVEN back in colonial times and down the ages, school children and students were never quite insulated from the political and campaign atmospheres because they are part of the society. Children always knew and sang the praises of political leaders who dominated their environments. It is the expression of their constitutional rights of association. Children […]