Category: Opinion

By Dan Agbese Pity our public officers – the president, the state governors, and even the local government chairmen. They are products and victims of a pernicious social system that has hardened into a tradition, to wit, the almost criminal mystification of power. If you mystify power, you make the power holder a demi-god or […]

By Tunde Odesola The impact of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight-year rule on Nigeria is directly proportional to the impact a white crayon makes on a white chalkboard. Worth. Less. By the way, jàmbá is a synonym for evil in Yoruba. When contemplating this article, a lyric of the world-famous Juju superstar, King Sunny Ade, […]

By Sola Adeyegbe That glitch which made it impossible to upload results to irev immediately must be fully explained by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Nigerians as the primary election stakeholders need to know. The upload of results from the polling unit straight to the INEC irev is an integral part of the electoral […]

By Stephen Angbulu Growing up, I remember the mood back home when my father returned from one of his trips. At the slightest hint that “Daddy” was traveling again, I would race to my room, squeeze a few clothes into a bag and sit by the door, hoping to tag along whenever he decided to […]

The alarm by residents of several communities in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State that flooding had forced them to abandon their homes is a portent of what lies ahead for many communities in the country this year. Earlier in the month, residents of the residential estates and businesses opposite Mountain Top University, […]

Nigerians have endured a month of rising adversity as President Bola Tinubu unleashed a barrage of shock measures. The naira crashed to over N800 to $1 midweek before settling to N775/$1 by the weekend. Higher electricity tariffs are imminent; more multinational firms are heading for the exit door; inflation is reaching for the sky, and […]

Amid general hardship, poverty-inducing policies, and calls for even more sacrifices from the citizenry, President Bola Tinubu, the leadership of the National Assembly, and other public officeholders continue to assault Nigerians with displays of opulence. While Tinubu headlined a 100-plus-vehicle convoy through Lagos, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, appointed 33 additional […]

By Martins Oloja Despite the complexity of managing expectations and priorities these days, another time has again come to reflect on this thing called federal character in the context of the urgency of nation-building. As I have noted here several times, the urgent task before us is how to rebuild this country’s broken walls. I […]

The suspension of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and his subsequent arrest and detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) may appear plausible, even predictable to many Nigerians who readily blame the apex banker for their financial woes, particularly in the last days of former President Muhammadu Buhari government. […]