The #EndSARS protests have crossed a two-week threshold. It is the longest-running and unbroken protest since our return to civil rule in 1999. It is also the first time the Nigerian youth have risen in one accord against the atrocities of the disbanded Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, which had become notorious for extortions, extrajudicial […]

The clamour for restructuring has never been louder at any other time than this moment in our history. Some sectional groups which used to stand firmly against it have joined the call to remodel the political and administrative architecture of the country. In recent years, the South and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum, SMBLF, consisting of […]

The Muhammadu Buhari regime has since inception taken some unpopular, questionable and objectionable decisions in terms of policy options and appointments which are antithetical to the Constitution and the nation’s over all interests. These include appointments into public offices bordering on nepotism, rejection of assent to bills for electoral reform, attempts to confiscate people’s lands […]

Though we fully support the removal of subsidy on the downstream petroleum products (particularly premium motor spirit, petrol), the Muhammadu Buhari administration will still take the blame for bringing it on at a most inauspicious time when Nigerians were still struggling to survive both the medical and economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Deregulation should […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has abundantly shown his commitment to the welfare of workers and retirees. Being a career public servant, this inclination is easy to understand. This is evident in his approval of payment of the Nigerian Airways retirees, the speedy assent to the new National Minimum Wage and several bailouts to the states to […]