By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Democracy is a very evocative notion. In the name of restoring or defending it, presidents have wielded bayonets, levied war, and executed coups. On August 10, 2023, a summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) rose from its convening […]
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Appeal by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, urging political parties to keep the peace and eschew violence in the campaign for the November 11 off-season gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states is timely. But it should be backed by a tougher stance, considering that political parties […]
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Despite pleas and admonitions for a lean government to reflect the distressed state of the economy, reduce recurrent expenditure and associated cost of governance, President Bola Tinubu has gone ahead to nominate a 70-man Federal Cabinet, made up of 48 minister-nominees, 45 of whom have been screened and confirmed by the National Assembly, and in […]
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High rate of death coming from cases of diphtheria should be worrisome enough to warrant top-notch focus on it by all levels of government in the country. The recurring decimal of the disease in Nigeria is particularly alarming given that it is vaccine-preventable; requiring mass enlightenment campaign along with other multi-level approaches to combating it. […]
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By Gbenga Salau After almost two weeks of a standoff between coup plotters in the Niger Republic, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), both parties are now ready to dialogue. Immediately after the military ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, on July 26, West African leaders, and indeed world leaders, condemned the usurpation of […]
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Amidst economic turbulence and mass poverty, the nomination of 48 ministers and 20 special advisers by President Bola Tinubu is insensitive and costly. While the populace is called upon to endure record inflation and general hardship, the President’s failure to rein in the cost of governance from the top is disappointing. For an administration facing […]
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The suspension by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of its proposed strike over the government’s removal of fuel subsidy is a pragmatic and reasonable thing to do, going by projections that the strike if it holds, will only compound the already bad economic situation of Nigeria and Nigerians. Organised labour took the suspension decision following […]
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By Martins Oloja “When you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way that when you die, the world cries while you rejoice.”― Ancient Sanskrit saying The word on marble above shows the organic source of the topic. It is from a classic by Robin Sharma, the original […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Thee launch by the Police Command in Lagos of “Operation Flush,” and subsequent arrest of 88 suspects in various parts of the state is coming at an auspicious time. The drive is aimed at ridding the city of robbers and other miscreants. Reports indicate that men of the underworld are […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun If there is an issue everyone—and I mean everyone—agrees on, it is that the cost of running the government needs urgent and radical pruning. One of the most topical issues in the public service system, administrative cost, is also where the government’s indecisiveness is highly exemplified. So it was no surprise when, […]
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