On Tinubu’s foreign trips in search of investors

The statement by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole that 30 foreign trips undertaken by President Bola Tinubu have attracted proposed investments worth $50.8 billion into the country sounds exciting, but it needs to be substantiated. Curious citizens want empirical evidence of the investments and how they are boosting the economy. Even […]

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2027 poll: El-Rufai slices, dices Tinubu, Ribadu, Sani (2)

By Ehichioya Ezomon Former British statesman, Labour Party politician and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976) James Harold Wilson (1916-1995), stated that: “A week is a long time in politics,” which, in today’s world of social media, is being updated to, “A day in politics is a […]

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2027 Poll: El-Rufai Slices, Dices Tinubu, Ribadu, Sani (1)

By Ehichioya Ezomon Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, elder statesman, former Federal Commissioner, Leader of the Ijaw Nation, and Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), died on Monday, February 17, 2025, aged 97. Since his passing, the family home in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has become a melting port for “our leaders” to sympathise with the […]

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2025 budget: What’s in it for Nigerians?

President Bola Tinubu presenting the 2025 budget proposal to members of the National Assembly on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 in Abuja. Photo Credit: Presidency President Bola Tinubu signed the N54.99 trillion 2025 budget penultimate Friday, calling it a “Budget of Restoration” to secure Nigeria’s future and rebuild prosperity. But for many Nigerians, the past 21 […]

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Beyond the condolence messages on Clark, Adebanjo

By Braeyi Ekiye Pa Edwin Clark (May 25, 1927 – February 17, 2005). A Nigerian nationalist, Izon and Niger Delta Leader, elder statesman, parliamentarian, lawyer, politician and distinguished public servant has passed on, along with revered Pa Ayo Adebanjo at 90, a radical and progressive politician, lawyer, elder statesman, patriot and nationalist of Yoruba extraction. […]

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NASS: The nauseating Akpabio/Akpoti mess

It is extremely worrisome that some harebrained characters at the National Assembly have become accustomed to scandals and profligate lifestyles. Nothing seems to bother the degenerate lawmakers except when their selfish interests are breached. That is why they appear to have more time for frivolities than the reason for which they were elected. Currently, the […]

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Senate shouldn’t have suspended Natasha

By Tonnie Iredia The Nigerian Senate last Thursday suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) for six months for what it called her total violation of the Senate Standing Rules which allegedly brought the presiding officer and the entire Nigerian Senate to public opprobrium. The suspension was announced by Senate President Godswill Akpabio following the approval […]

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