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 […]
Nigerian Army, Boko Haram’s misadventure in Damaturu
By Luqman Bashir Before an international coalition routed the Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh) from Syria, the fanatical terrorists had wrongly assumed an aura of invincibility. They carried out daring attacks, intensified their barbarism and did everything possible to court international attention. That quest for international attention was perhaps partly responsible for its adoption of Boko Haram […]
Awolowo, WNTV and the barbarians
The current crusade by Farounbi and others who worked at WNTV to mark the station’s 60th anniversary in October 2019 should soar above a one-off affair; they should go the whole hog of restoring WNTV to its old status as broached by Awolowo and his government
CBN: Emefiele’s one good turn deserves another
PUBLIC offices are held in trust for the people. Therefore, occupiers of public offices are the golden fish that have no hiding place.
Onnoghen: When a judge is too guilty to be innocent
By Prince Ugo The embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, is a lucky man. Never in the history of Nigeria has a court case wrongly attracted so much national and international attention in favour of the accused like his case of alleged false assets declaration and the abuse of the […]
Reginald Ihejiahi at 60: Tribute to a ‘human being’
MOST people know Reginald Ihejiahi, immediate past Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, as a very brilliant banker. They talk about his academic exploits at ABU Zaria, where he studied accounting and London School of Economics, where he obtained his M.Sc. in Finance and went on to become a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified […]
