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 […]
Executive Order on infrastructure needs a push
SINCE the Private/Public Partnership model of infrastructural development was introduced in Nigeria in the President Olusegun Obasanjo era, we have strongly and consistently advocated for the strengthening of this model as a means of fast-tracking Nigeria’s exit from its severe infrastructure deficit.
50 years after the Nigerian Civil War (2)
THE Nigerian Civil War ended 50 years ago, but it continued to rage in the hearts of the power elite. General Yakubu Gowon (retd) declared “No Victor, No Vanquished” and also set up the Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Rehabilitation programme.
50 years after the Nigerian Civil War (1)
EVEN though January 15, was the day General Yakubu Gowon’s Federal Military Government formally received the instruments of surrender from Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s secessionist Republic of Biafra, January 13, 1970 was the actual date that the guns went silent on both sides.
Curbing the gale of migrations
THE 1964 prediction by the media and communication theorist, Marshall McLuhan, that the world will become a “global village” due to advancement in communication technology, has come to pass. Amazing inventions have shrunk the world.
2023 politicking in 2020
THE 2019 general elections took place barely 10 months ago, and those declared winners were installed a little over six months ago. Yet, it seems the politics of the next general election year 2023 is already in play.
