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There ought to be a law prohibiting certain categories of people from obtaining higher degrees in obscure higher institutions in their localities.  Even without one, there is an obvious risk for both the student and the institution.   I have covered Mrs Jonathan for years and yet did not know, until she mentioned it in […]

  By any honest reckoning, Nigeria was already bent beneath the weight of misgovernance when President Bola Tinubu seized the reins of power in May 2023. But what has unfolded since is not just economic hardship – it is a deliberate, systemic immiseration of a people already brought to their knees. Where Buhari left ruin, […]

  In a surreal theatre of modern Nigerian politics, Lagos State, supposedly the nation’s commercial nerve center, was reduced to the scene of a medieval court, where a kneeling governor and genuflecting elders begged a monarch not for justice or dialogue, but for mercy. The “monarch” in question? President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.   In what […]

In a democracy teetering on the edge of elite capture and hollow symbolism, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has managed to plumb new depths with its careless, almost farcical handling of this year’s national honors. What should have been a solemn and dignified moment of reflection and recognition was instead turned into a disorganized circus; highlighted […]

In a powerful symbolic gesture, President Bola Tinubu conferred national honors on several fallen and living heroes of Nigeria’s pro-democracy movement, declaring that their sacrifices “wove the culture of democracy into the very fabric of our nation.” “As we mark a twenty-sixth year of unbroken democracy, it is right to honor those who have made […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Democracy Day address before the National Assembly was delivered with polish, poetry, and patriotic fanfare. But beneath the florid rhetoric and the saccharine invocations of June 12 lies a sinister contradiction: a government that claims to cherish multiparty democracy while actively orchestrating its demolition. Tinubu’s speech was not a celebration of […]

In a continent teeming with noise, few have mastered the art of silent impact like Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu. While others build wealth for spectacle, he builds systems for posterity. At 61, the Nigerian banker and businessman has grown beyond boardroom titles. He is now regarded by many as the continent’s most quietly consequential capitalist – […]

In a bold but controversial move to regain control over national parks and forest reserves, the Nigerian Ministry of Environment has obtained presidential approval for the creation of a new paramilitary “forest guard” force, to reclaim Nigeria’s 1,129 forest reserves – many of which are now strongholds for bandits, jihadists, kidnappers, and illegal miners. Aso […]

President Bola Tinubu has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, not to be distracted by busybodies and naysayers but to focus on his mandate to transform the nation’s capital.   Tinubu stated this on Tuesday when he inaugurated the rehabilitated and refurbished International Conference Centre, Abuja, which was renamed in […]

The President of the Dangote Group and founder of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Aliko Dangote, says there will be an announcement of what he calls a major ‘shakedown’ in the entire country soon.   Dangote said this was not about price reduction, but the complete overhaul of the downstream sector. He stated this in an […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project Nigeria has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to withdraw the threat to shut down 34 foreign embassies in Abuja over ground rent debts.   The group’s reaction followed recent revelations by the FCTA that at least 34 embassies in […]

There are about 30 places around the world named London after, well, London, England’s capital.  About 18 of them, including three key cities, are in the United States.   In Nigeria, there is a “small London,” as the village of Abiriba in Abia State is informally called. And then there is a “London” in Delta […]