Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release
When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within ninety days, with about four months to the general elections, several things struck me even before I reached the substance of the directive.
The Tinubu in Everyone: A call to be the Nigeria we want to see
When discussions about Nigeria’s progress arise, attention often shifts almost immediately to the President
Powered by Renewables: The world is paying attention, you should too
There is a shift happening, and it is a good one, one that is set to help Nigeria achieve its industrial and $1 trillion ambition
Osun: Governor Adeleke, fear and low-level politics
By OLOLADE ADEYEMO When politicians sign themselves up to serve within a political jurisdiction, it is presumed there is a well-defined, development-oriented agenda in the pipeline waiting to be executed, if given a chance at the polls, for the benefit of the residents and citizens of that jurisdiction. As a rider to this, a healthy democracy […]
The Senate that cannot say nay
By Moshood Oshunfurewa The 10th Senate under President Godswill Akpabio presents a compelling case study of democratic corrosion masked as efficiency. In just two years, this chamber has introduced 844 bills, a figure trumpeted as unprecedented, yet these raw numbers obscure a deeper institutional crisis. The Senate has become the executive’s most reliable political vassal, a […]
The Senator Who Watched: 1,095 days, zero bills passed, and Urhobo’s moment of truth
By Godwin Anaughe Three years. That is 1,095 days in the Senate. 1,095 days to champion the Urhobo cause. 1,095 days to transform the anguished cries for Ethiope State from quiet lamentations in our homes and palaces into a living, breathing bill on the floor of the Nigerian Senate. And what does Delta Central have […]
