Osun guber as a primer to 2027 elections
The Osun State governorship election has offered Nigeria a preview of what the 2027 general elections could become—and what they must never become. It was preceded by an ugly cocktail of defections, political brinkmanship, institutional controversy and violence. Governor Ademola Adeleke’s hurried exit from the PDP, after failing to secure a route into the APC […]
Lessons from Gbaja’s convoy crisis
EVERY crisis provides an opportunity for useful lessons to prevent future crises. This age-old fountain of wisdom, however, seems alien to Nigerian leaders. Nigeria is enmeshed in unending crises because we repeatedly demonstrate our incapacity to learn from our ugly historical experiences. The recent shooting to death of a newspaper vendor, Ifeanyichukwu Okereke, by a […]
Another lockdown is not welcome
WE are on the same page with President Muhammadu Buhari who, in a recent tweet, warned that the Nigerian economy is too fragile to contemplate another lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The president had sent the tweet on October 29, 2020. The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 led by the Secretary to the Government […]
Another lockdown is not necessary
THOUGH Nigeria has fared much better than had been predicted, the Presidential Task Force on the COVID-19 pandemic, PTF, and the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, have continued to routinely warn of the possibility of another lockdown. The government of Lagos State, which has carried the main burden of the pandemic caseloads in Nigeria, […]
Fuel: FG, Labour have failed Nigerians
THE movement of petrol pump price to N170 per litre is, again, threatening to rupture our economic and industrial harmony. This followed the hike by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, of the wholesale price of PMS from N147 to N155. What it means is that between June and November this year, Nigerians have been […]
Kogi bread levy controversy
THE Kogi State Government trended in the social media recently when reports had it that Governor Yahaya Bello had imposed levies on every loaf of bread baked in the state. Many comments derided the governor, wondering if this was his own idea of “thinking out of the box” to shore up the state’s internally generated […]
