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Nigeria’s reform moment: Building strong institutions that deliver results

Nigeria’s reform moment: Building strong institutions that deliver results

By OLAKUNLE ELATUYI Economic reforms may impress on paper, but citizens judge them at the market, in the workplace, and through public services. For the Tinubu administration, the test of subsidy removal, foreign exchange reforms, tax changes, and fiscal adjustments is whether they make life more affordable, create jobs, and improve services amid insecurity and cost-of-living […]
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APC recent congresses: Omen of impending calamity (2)

APC recent congresses: Omen of impending calamity (2)

WE commenced this journey last week when, after taking a very keen observation of the recently concluded congresses of the All Progressive Congress, APC, we identified, most unfortunately, the return of politics of violence back to the land. The purpose of this exercise is not to mock, ridicule, deride or even abuse any individual political party but to sound a note of warning that Nigeria cannot “flow” backwards to the politics of bullet and blood. It is meant to keep all of us  at alert in rising stoutly against blood shedding in our politics. 

Kuku’s victimization: Political Opportunists at work

Kuku’s victimization: Political Opportunists at work

Two events occurred in Ondo State, South west, Nigeria, with equal weight on the people. The mob attack in the country home of the ex- Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Kingsley Kuku. Kuku in the recent past, has received plethora bruises from the onslaught against him by political foes who wears the clone of the Federal government.

June 12 Tsunami and the ones who won’t forgive Buhari – By Garba Shehu

June 12 Tsunami and the ones who won’t forgive Buhari – By Garba Shehu

An old Chinese proverb says: Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. This short proverb sums the intensity of attacks against President Muhammadu Buhari, not leaving the ratcheting up of violence in some the States after a period of relative calm, in the wake of the political tsunami honouring the heroes of June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was annulled thus preventing the widely-acclaimed winner, Chief M.K.O Abiola (of blessed memory) from taking office as the President of Nigeria.

June 12 Tsunami and the ones who won’t forgive Buhari – By Garba Shehu

June 12 Tsunami and the ones who won’t forgive Buhari – By Garba Shehu

An old Chinese proverb says: Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. This short proverb sums the intensity of attacks against President Muhammadu Buhari, not leaving the ratcheting up of violence in some the States after a period of relative calm, in the wake of the political tsunami honouring the heroes of June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was annulled thus preventing the widely-acclaimed winner, Chief M.K.O Abiola (of blessed memory) from taking office as the President of Nigeria.

Nigerian army’s revengeful outing on Amnesty Intn’l

Nigerian army’s revengeful outing on Amnesty Intn’l

What defines the fullness of life is freedom and liberty to exist.  Even animals are conscious of it. Those who enjoy freedom hardly appreciate the blessings of that small, but unquantifiable grace of God Almighty, until it is severed.  A caged being is undoubtedly, the most melancholic soul anyone can encounter.