Category: Opinion

Coming in torrents, bad news from across the country unmistakably cast Nigeria as a failing state, wracked by an unprecedented level of insecurity. Kaduna State, where bandit-terrorists killed 1,192 persons in 2021, is in the vortex of this blood-soaked brigandage despite vigorous defensive measures. The desperate cry for help by the state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, […]

By Ayo Oyoze Baje “The national debate and calls for restructuring are nothing new, but they continue to grow amid economic stress, political uncertainty and recurrent violent conflicts across the country.” – Tolulope Ola-David, a Political Risk Analyst The consistent clarion call for the holistic restructuring of the current contraption called Nigeria, before the attention-grabbing 2023 […]

Coming in cascades, a series of reports demonstrate the weakness of the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari. News that Nigeria dropped five places in Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perception Index and was rated West Africa’s second most corrupt, was followed by strong concerns voiced by the United States on the country’s enduring romance with […]

By Martins Oloja Again, they forgot Abuja @ 46 last Thursday, February 3, (1976-2022). I have been complaining for ages that authorities, residents and even the original inhabitants don’t respect any sense of history – about Abuja. Why don’t we celebrate achievers and good thinkers? Why do we celebrate only mediocrities and frivolities? Why do […]

1999 Constitution By Ogheneochuko Arodovwe Nigeria is famously notorious for borrowing concepts from elsewhere, distorting the meaning and intention of the original users to suit certain interests, and carrying on as though everything is right. Take for instance, the concept of ‘federation’ currently adopted to disguise the practice of absolute dictatorship of the oriental despotic […]

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Recently, the former Vice-President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, tested the political waters through the Chairman of Daar Communications, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, concerning a supposed one-term presidency. Dr. Dokpesi was reported to have advised the South-East Zone to allow Atiku to run for a single term from 2023 to 2027 and that […]

The suspension of the removal of government subsidy on fuel did not come as a great surprise to many. The issue has remained contentious over the years as President Muhammadu Buhari even before he came into power in 2015 had said fuel subsidy is a fraud. At the time, he viewed the proponents of the […]

Nigeria’s sharp descent into anarchy and nastiness is demonstrated in the recent cold-blooded killing and mutilation of a five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, by a Kano State-based school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko. Parents of the adorable child enrolled her at Tanko’s school, which later turned out to be her slaughterhouse, rather than a learning centre. They desired […]

By Eddie Mbadiwe Since democratic government was restored in 1999 anchored on a constitution put together by the military and top civil servants that swore in Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as President, every elected National Assembly has had as one of its core committees Constitution Review. This is one of the so-called juicy committees whose membership […]

By Sola Ebiseni The first meeting of the Afenifere in 2022 was held on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, where the Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, set the year’s agenda for the organisation. Excerpts from the speech have been reported in the media with different interpretations of many of the issues raised, particularly on Sunday Igboho, Nnamdi […]