By Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, this season of jolliness and bonhomie has not been the best of times for the ruling party, APC, and certainly not for its Presidential flagbearer, President Muhammadu Buhari. It may not be unfair to say that this has been one of the worst weeks since the President returned to power […]
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By Femi Adesina “That’s him, that’s him,” the two old women, wrinkled and bent with age, exclaimed. You could see wonderment and fulfillment in their eyes. And as if on cue, they both began to cry.It was in Bauchi earlier this year. President Muhammadu Buhari was visiting to commiserate with the people on the ravages […]
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By Jide Ojo “Corruption impacts the poorest and most vulnerable in society the hardest. It is ordinary citizens who suffer most when the corrupt steal funds intended for public services like infrastructure, healthcare and education, or take back-handers to award lucrative contracts to their cronies. One in four people around the world say they have […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari For the fourth straight time President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the Electoral […]
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By Tunde J. Akande Society thrives only on healthy principles. A society that is not built on healthy principles is headed for doom. Citizens must therefore be disciplined to imbibe these healthy principles. Indiscipline has many dimensions. One way in which it manifests is in the form of unbridled self-centredness. Self-centeredness is a trait in […]
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Historically, Nigeria is a country composed of ethnically, culturally and religiously diverse peoples who were arbitrarily lumped together by British colonialists in one country for their own interests alone and without bothering a hue about the future consequences to the peace and amity of the peoples so crudely brought together in such an uneasy union. […]
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The ugly happenings in the major political parties in our country, Nigeria, in recent times, particularly in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have once again brought to the fore the unending argument concerning which should take precedence, party interests or individual members’ interests; and concerning the decision of goals to pursue, is it the […]
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By Joba Akinpelu Governance is a continuous business, and that is a common knowledge. Even when a leader’s term expires and another member of his party took over, we are still in same continuum. The conundrum may change radically when power changes hands between two different political parties. Nevertheless, business of governance is a going […]
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As the country awaits the final word on the renegotiated new national minimum wage and public service pay rise, stakeholders should ponder the likely full implications. After the usual sparring between the organised labour and the government, a tripartite committee had recommended N30,000 monthly as the minimum wage, down from labour’s N64,000 demand and higher than […]
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By Kayode Komolafe The legitimate advocacy for restructuring to correct the distortions of the Nigerian federalism suffers from a major draw back: those making the arguments for restructuring are not playing the politics of it well. It was a senior advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba, who alluded to this fact a few months ago at […]
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