INEC and the road to 2027
By Ayo Ododo There are probably few jobs in Nigeria more thankless than conducting an election. The winner thinks he won because the people loved him. The loser is often convinced he lost because somebody somewhere tampered with the process. Between the two stands the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), praised by one side, condemned […]
Lawan, pax-Nigeriana and the Festus Adedayo symbolism
THE appointment of Festus Adedayo, columnist and member of Tribune Editorial Board, as a special adviser on media to the Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, and the sudden withdrawal of the same, evidently against Lawan’s will, in response to the mordant recriminations by some leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, present the clearest indication yet of how Lawan’s philosophical inspiration to contribute to pax-Nigeriana, using the platform of the Senate presidency, is on the edge of existential backlashes of politics and ideology.
OPM: Empowering thousands of children with free education
It is no longer news that a whopping 8.5 million children are out of school in just ten states of the federation while another 10.5 million are unable to access safe and quality education, due to the ongoing crisis in the North-east. These figures given by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are not only staggering but also scary.
How 100 million Nigerians can be lifted out of poverty
AT the event to mark the significance of the widely acclaimed credible, free and fair but annulled election held on June 12, 1993, and honour its presumed winner, the late MKO Abiola, President Muhammadu Buhari said “with leadership and sense of purpose, we can lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years”. He had earlier pointed out that to “…lift the bulk of our people out of poverty and unto the road to prosperity…is by no means unattainable. China has done it, India has done it, Indonesia has done it. Nigeria can do it.”
The rage against Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari
On the 24th June 2019, an unusual political activity took place in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. A public demonstration staged by an obscure political group that gave its name as APC Concerned Nation Stakeholders led by an even more obscure figure called Dr. Symeon Chilagorom proclaimed that they were protesting against internal forces pulling down the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Sanusi’s full speech on Nigeria ‘heading for bankruptcy’
The Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II, on Tuesday said that Nigeria is bankrupt and she is ‘heading for bankruptcy. What happened is that the federal government do pay petroleum subsidy, pay electricity tariff subsidy, and if there is a rise in interest rates, Federal Government pays.’
