A clearly orchestrated tirade against the Supreme Court of Nigeria in respect of its acceptance of an undertaking by the counsel to the Respondent in the Saraki Appeal has come to my attention following two days of consistent bashing of the Court for daring to do the unthinkable by scuttling the politically motivated stampede to remove Bukola Saraki from his position as Senate President through a wholly unconstitutional trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

SINCE the advent of the APC government at the centre, the issue of national spread in appointments has been a source of concern to many Nigerians, who feel that government appointments have tilted in favour of a section of the country. It was against such background that the announcement of the composition of various committees in the National Assembly was awaited with bated breath.

THE recent judgement of the Elections Petitions Tribunal in Abuja declared APC’s Aisha Jummai Alhassan as the duly elected governor of Taraba state and ordered the sitting Governor, PDP’s Architect Darius Ishaku, to vacate office on the grounds that he did not emerge the candidate of the PDP in a properly-conducted primary election.

WITH the recent announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigeria is broke, the need for us as a nation to begin to look inwards in terms of resuscitating the economy and creating jobs for our teeming youths has become more critical. Frankly, the dwindling resources accruing to Nigeria, and indeed other oil producing economies such […]

THE generally peaceful conduct of the March 28, 2015 Nigerian presidential election and the gracious acceptance of defeat by the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) strongly signaled that Nigeria may have turned a new page, politically. Other indicators of a new turn for Africa’s largest democratic country and economy are the following firsts in the country’s annals: the widespread innovative use of technology for the process—the use of card readers; the overthrow of the ruling PDP by the General Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) through the ballot box after 16 years of dominance; the election of four none indigenes of a state (Lagos State) as members of the Federal House of Representatives; and the above-average performance of the National Electoral Commission in ways that suggest considerable independence of the electoral umpire.

As the new reality of cost of doing business in Nigeria begins to dawn on operators in the private sector of the economy and potential foreign investors, it is imperative for the new managers of the economy to take another look at the raft of huge fines doled out by various regulatory authorities to major […]

Last week, the Edo State Government alerted members of the public that “some political thugs operating under the guise of civil society groups and students of some tertiary institutions have concluded plans to cause public disturbance and nuisance starting from Monday, November 8, 2015 in Benin City.”

Excuses do not get things done. Those at the helm of the nation’s affair must begin to realize this by now. Six months after, there should be signs of the so much trumpeted change or a positive approach towards that direction.

RECENTLY two Ijaws citizens have come under the light of the agents charged with corruption-Mrs. Deziani Allison – Madukwe, and Chief D. S. P Alamieyesiegha. One was arrested in London plushest address at no1 Park lane, another one was being sought out by the British police to answer charges of money laundering.

THE emergence of a new media without rules and boundaries is now an intrinsic part of this decade. Old media practitioners that failed to get tech savvy and adjust to existing realities are getting swept from the new market place of ideas. Whilst bloggers, whose only claim to journalism fame is their knowledge of “cut and paste” are emerging as billionaires, on the other hand print houses are closing down in droves. Practically all our previously buoyant weekly news magazines are down and out.