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If only Nigeria knew how Tinubu ended the subsidy regime

By Hon. Rotimi Makinde (Insider’s Account) If only Nigerians understood the challenges that characterised the former petroleum subsidy regime, there would be greater appreciation of the difficult decision taken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023, when he announced the removal of the subsidy. I write from the perspective of someone who had […]
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Senate Presidency: Moral burden of a purported adoption

Media reports of the purported adoption of Senator Ahmed Lawan from North East as the consensus candidate weeks after the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had zoned the Senate Presidency to the North Central, are worrisome.

Nigeria’s Electricity Crisis is Leadership Failure

Nigeria’s epileptic power supply has taken a turn for the worse in recent months. Despite investing over $30 billion in the sector in the past 15 years, the total electricity supply as at today is less than a mere 1,400 megawatts (MW) for a country of over 170 million people.

Buhari and Saraki, an ideal complement

THERE is no doubt that the AllProgressive Congress, APC’s victory in the last general election will take Nigeria in a different direction from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, leadership of the past 16 years. In recent times, the only presidential contender that has attracted enormous public confidence in his ability to tackle plethora of problems confronting our nation is General Mohammed Buhari, the President -Elect. The expectations are too high and the pressure for a quick-fix is already on.

Ending in an anti-climax

THE events that have taken place since the outcome of the 2015 presidential election opened us to new revelations, a sort of an eye opener to the reality of the type of people we have allowed to govern us these past sixteen years. In the last one month, the nation has been in stasis, no, in recess. The consequences of the electoral outcome have revealed to us that the PDP as a party was founded on nothing, governed on nothing and is leaving a legacy of nothing to write about.

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