2027: Afenifere, Adebayo, Bakita Bello, Arabambi, Ogunsuyi, others react to APC Muslim-Muslim ticket
Dayo Johnson, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Rotimi Ojomoyela, Shina Abubarka, James Ogunnnaike & Deola Badru Stakeholders have expressed divergent views over the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s decision to retain its Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 general election, with some arguing that competence should take precedence over religion, while others called for greater inclusiveness and a […]
Suffering and smiling: How we’re coping with subsidy removal
That the removal of subsidy on petrol by the Federal Government on New Year Day has brought a lot of hardship on Nigerians hardly needs restating. What with tales of woe, especially by those who travelled for the festivities and got stranded because they could no longer pay their way back to their destinations among other problems?
Amaechi’s Palliatives:Residents want strict compliance
Most residents of Rivers state were taken aback shortly after the nationwide strike commenced in Port Harcourt . The news said the state government had struck a deal with the state branch of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria , IPMAN to offset part of the cost of ensuring petrol sold for N137 per litre in the state.
Still Waiting For The Trains
I LOVE trains. I grew up using them. Every men tion of them floods me with memories, among them a speck of coal (coal powered the trains then) which fell into my eyes and left me with an uncomfortable red eye for days.
Frills and thrills of ‘Mother of all Strikes’
The massive protests this week show that Nigerians can do whatever they want if they really want to do it. The streets were deserted, offices, shops and markets shut while agitated crowd gathered at major points across the country to express their grivances.
It’s tales of woe, despair, sorrow in Benue
In the last one week, it’s has been tales of pains, sorrow and despair for most families in Benue State, no thanks to the mass actions and street processions called by state chapter of the NLC to protest against the increase in the pump price of fuel by the Federal Government.
