When the state turns the law against dissent under Tinubu’s watch
By KOLAWOLE OLANIYAN It is happening again. Under President Bola Tinubu, Nigerians are facing an increasingly repressive political and legal environment. Like the Muhammadu Buhari government before it, the Tinubu administration is making an utter mockery of Nigeria’s constitutional and international obligations to respect human rights and uphold the rule of law. There is something […]
GMB’s June 12 MKO Democracy Day honour Kingibe doesn’t merit
There is now a very engaging and interesting discourse going on June 12 courtesy of General Buhari’s surprise recognition of that watershed election that brought Nigerians together. Lest we get swamped by inanities, I believe we should first review some of the history and perspective to all that is happening now over that June 12 Democracy Day Declaration. Particularly the honor to MKO and more notably the (obviously unmerited) collateral (damage of an) honor to Kingibe.
2019: Cataclysmic effect of wars
As the 2019 election approaches, we admonish Nigerians to shun everything and anything that will lead to a cataclysmic war; but, there can be no peace without justice
Osinbajo : Walking the talk
WILLIAM Shakespeare must have had a character like Prof. Yemi Osinbajo in mind when he wrote one of his most popular quotes, “Some are born great, some achieve great ness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
EKITI 2018: I nominate Fayemi
This is a short message to the people of Ekiti State. To begin with, I want to express my utmost gratitude to all of you for your support and prayers since the unfortunate incident of Friday, 1st of June 2018 when I suffered multiple gunshot injuries.
Executive Order No. 6 of 2018: Between corruption and national security
WHEN he ran to be Nigeria’s president for the fourth time in 2014, Muhammadu Buhari pleaded that he was a converted democrat. Since Nigerians granted him his wish in 2015, he appears to have found it difficult either to show off the new livery of a converted democrat or to shake off his old habits as a humorless dictator. In his Presidential Executive Order, PEO, No. 6 of 2018, President Buhari buries any illusions as to his preference.
