Category: Opinion

A new Sheriff is in town. There is a change of guard within the Nigeria Police amidst increasing insecurity in the country underlined by a takeover of virtually all parts of the country by new militarism, that is, non-state actors, challenging the country’s sovereignty. Mr. Mohammed Adamu, until the change, was the Inspector General of […]

By Bolu Adeosun To say the very least, Nigeria is currently at a crossroads security-wise. Only this week, hoodlums invaded the fortress housing the Imo State police command and the Owerri prisons, setting buildings and vehicles ablaze and freeing inmates. According to reports, policemen in the South-East geopolitical zone are afraid to put on their uniforms, […]

The battle over the appropriate structure of the state is by no means over. The other day, in fiscal garb, it surfaced on the floor of the Nigerian upper legislative chamber, the Senate. The scuffle is over the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), now the preference of countries who believe in saving for the rainy day. […]

Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), a body unknown to the Nigerian Constitution, has been quite influential and prominent when it comes to issues that have to do with welfare and security of the 36 state governors. The NGF is registered, with registration number CAC/IT/NO/31439, under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 1990. […]

By Luke Onyekakeyah Dr. Doyin Okupe’s revelation in a Vanguard interview that as far as the 2023 general election is concerned, the North has not forgiven Igbo for Ahmadu Bello’s death and as such, the Igbo can’t be president in Nigeria is thought-provoking and shocking. It has laid bare all the deceits, pretenses and shenanigans being […]

Despite spirited official attempts to justify it, the recent decision to squander another $1.5 billion to “rehabilitate” the Port Harcourt Refinery is simply preposterous. Against a groundswell of local and international preference for privatisation, the Federal Government said it had awarded a contract to an Italian firm, Tecnimont SPA, to repair the refinery complex and […]

I laughed upon remembering Chief Zebrudaya Okoroigwe Nwogbo alias 4:30, and a proverb came to mind: “If death are strike dead the slow-motion chameleon with reckless abandon, why shall it not quench the jumpy-jumpy frog with instant automatic alacrity? Tell me!” Chief Zebrudaya, the patriarch of Nigeria’s funniest English sitcom, New Masquerade, didn’t vocalise the […]

We celebrate today as Easter Sunday. For Christians the world over, the weekend marks the conclusion of the holy season of Lent, which started on Ash Wednesday and it celebrates the central mystery that defines the Christian faith – the suffering, death, and resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ the Son of God. It […]

By Ayo Olukotun Notwithstanding a flurry of last-minute activities to avert the strike, resident doctors nationwide began what was described as an indefinite strike on Thursday over poor conditions of service. Among other demands, the doctors who make up a high proportion of physicians in the tertiary sector are asking for an upward adjustment of […]

By Dan Agbese Napoleon was famously quoted as saying that promises are meant to be broken. Millions of politicians in under-developed, developing and developed countries would gladly accept it as wise and pragmatic. Wherever politicians are gathered, there they are surrounded by jagged shards of broken promises. It is not that they are not men and […]