Atiku’s Border Promise: Between political expediency and Nigeria’s national interest
By Okey IBEKE Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s promise to reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president in 2027 may appeal to traders and border communities who depend on cross-border commerce. But the promise raises a more important question: what exactly does he intend to reopen? The Federal Government has challenged the premise of the […]
Ndigbo, time to reconsider your ways
A Yoruba proverb says that one does not keep silent when something bad is going on because a house does not burn and fill the eyes with sleep.
Why the Desperation to Rope in Dr. Goodluck Jonathan?
The coordinated attack on the integrity and credibility of former President Goodluck Jonathan is unfortunate. That the same hastily cooked up lies were reported simultaneously and almost word for word by some known client media of the powers that be is evidence of the fact that someone powerful is out to get the former President.
Tunji Abayomi to Tinubu again: I never sought your support; allow people freely and fairly constitute their government
he Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has expressed concern over the state of the economy, saying Nigerians, especially lawyers are suffering under the present economic situation.
Doyin Okupe, PDP and the futility of compromise
When I warned the Nigerian people about what the APC represented and that, if given power, they would be the most reactionary, repressive, vindictive, insensitive, vicious, thin-skinned, paranoid, divisive and, worse of all, incompetent government in the history of Nigeria no-one listened.
FIRS: The fear of invading tax enforcers
MEDIA reports about invasions of business premises by the taskforce of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, could be worrisome. The enforcement exercise by the tax compliance team in shutting down tax-defaulting companies and ordering staff out of the premises is quite discouraging.
