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A Forecast Is Not a Verdict: Why The Economist Misreads 2027

By KOLA ALAPINNI  The Economist’s “Nigerians Dislike Their President, But May Re-elect Him Anyway” is a confident piece, and a narrow one. It grants the dislike, then treats it as electorally irrelevant. Incumbency, a split opposition, a Muslim Muslim ticket, and a public that expects little will, on this reading, carry President Bola Tinubu to […]
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VALUES! VALUES!! VALUES!!! Whither Nigeria?

Yes, you could say it didn’t start today. But must we continue to repeat the same errors? We now even go ahead to defend, justify and applaud obvious abnormalities. Take a look at these:

Saraki: APC’s nightmare, Presidency’s mortal fear

Ever since his emergence as Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has been the undeserved target of mudslinging, character assassination, frivolous court cases, undue media trial, harassment and humiliation, propaganda, half-truths and outright falsehood among other shenanigans aimed at cowing and arm-twisting him to force him to bow to the whims and caprices of a powerful cabal operating with reckless abandon both within the presidency and the All Progressives Congress, APC, his only sin being that he contested and won the senate presidency against the pleasure of some self-crowned kingmakers, an action well within his rights.

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