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Twenty-eight days is a long time in the life of a nation. It is long enough to raise a simple but profound question: who is exercising the powers of the Nigerian presidency? President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may be abroad, but Nigeria is not on autopilot. Government does not stop because the President travels. Yet neither […]

Africa has knocked on the door of global power for long enough. At UNGA 81, Nigeria is making it clear that it is no longer content to wait quietly outside. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s message to the international community is part of a larger African demand: a continent of more than a billion people cannot […]

And so Atiku Abubakar’s political fortune came crashing down. It did so in such anti-climactic manner. It grossly deflated Atiku and his supporters’ high hopes and bonhomie feeling they built into the case at the Supreme Court. Effectively, it was a sealing to Atiku’s lurid claim to a mandate after he was trashed so badly […]

The key to achieving long term weight loss is to change your lifestyle and your habits. While fad diets may help you shed weight in the short term, you’ll just end up gaining more weight in the long term, as fad diets are unsustainable. 1. Start your day with a healthy smoothieInvest in a quality […]

Of Buhari’s presidency so far, one thing is clear: the pace is inversely proportional to the quantum of public anger bred by decades of horrible post-colonial leadership. And at no time is this sense of indignation and cynicism more intense than in the last sixteen years. But surprisingly, whether in the social, political and economic […]

The phenomenon of self-seeking morons angling for power for certain persons, ethnic groups or even regions is one scourge against, which Nigeria needs constant fumigation and the Nigerian people, repeated immunization. Nigeria neither needs nor deserves this tribe of opportunists, hence the IBB interview, and most notably his opposition to power rotation should be seen […]

A chair can say a lot. Sometimes it says nothing. And sometimes, its emptiness becomes the loudest statement in the room. For the third consecutive year, Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is not personally attending the United Nations General Assembly, with Vice President Kashim Shettima representing Nigeria. That fact alone proves nothing beyond the fact […]

The confrontation between the White House and major news organizations has reached a point that should concern Americans across the political spectrum. The issue is not whether journalists deserve immunity from criticism. They do not.The issue is whether government officials should be able to restrict press access because they disapprove of how those journalists report […]

  President Donald Trump came before the United Nations this week with a message that has defined much of his second presidency: The United States is powerful, it intends to use that power, and it will not permit international institutions to place limits on American sovereignty. There was little ambiguity in the message. Trump celebrated […]

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has done what very few Africans have ever done. He has built a business empire of extraordinary scale, crossed the $50 billion mark in personal wealth, and reportedly risen to the 36th position among the world’s 3,397 billionaires. That is an achievement Nigerians can acknowledge. But today, I want to ask a […]

Nigeria is building a bigger army. But if the reports of secret talks with Boko Haram are true, Abuja may be fighting a very different war behind closed doors. Nigeria is preparing for war.Thirty thousand more soldiers. Four new Army divisions. More troops, more formations, more firepower. The message from Abuja is unmistakable: the insurgency […]

The first question was: Who created PFIPC? Now Nigeria must ask a more frightening one:Who allowed it to look real? That is the question the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council scandal can no longer escape. The controversy has already produced denials, accusations, official disclaimers, investigations and criminal proceedings. The Presidency has maintained that PFIPC was […]