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I am an angry Nigerian and those who know me must know why I have to be! As the pioneer Administrative Secretary of the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), one of the major organizers of the famous ‘Occupy Nigeria’ in 2012, yours sincerely can conveniently align his thoughts with a parody in Yoruba which explains the […]

One of the first things that had been cited as evidence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu showing courage and wisdom and hitting the ground running as the 16th President of Nigeria, has been his announcement that “fuel subsidy is gone”. In his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023, he did not state how but within […]

  We all support the removal of fuel subsidies, but it’s important to address some critical points that have been overlooked. The Nigerian government’s decision to end the fuel subsidy regime is not new, but the fact that the NNPC still controls the pricing raises questions. To understand the context, let’s take a brief look […]Read More

Yesterday, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, was sworn in as the 16th President, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria along with his Vice President, Kashim Shettima, GCON, at the 7th major transition ceremony since the return of Nigeria to civilian democratic rule in 1999.  The event was held at the Eagle Square, […]

“I have run a good race, I have finished my course. It is now time for another to take up the baton,’’ says President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja, after the investiture of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR and Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, GCON.   The investiture of the President-elect and Vice President-elect sets […]

The assertion that men are separated from boys has been regularly made by some after each crucial phase in the election season that began about a year ago. May 2022 actually marked the beginning of an eight-part series that I wrote in Elrufai News Magazine, focusing on the possible scenarios that would play out during […]

   Forces that have kept Nigeria in chains are stronger than the Prince of Persia that withheld Daniel’s answers for 21 days.   Tell me how else to describe the frustration faced by candidates who seek redress in court after INEC had declared winners in an election fraught with bare-faced irregularities and deliberate manipulations?   […]

  “THE ERA OF RENEWED HOPE“   By The President-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu   March 1, 2023     My fellow Nigerians,   I am profoundly humbled that you have elected me to serve as the 16th President of our beloved Republic. This is a shining moment in […]

It is yet another moment of transition for Nigeria as the country goes to the polls in 4 days’ time to elect a new President and members of the National Assembly in what amounts to a seventh cycle of general elections since the country’s return to democratic, civilian rule in 1999.  One President will be […]

According to reports from some Nigerian newspapers, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s employment policy has been currently turned to another dangerous devised method of influencing voters – that is well coded away from the eyes of vote rigging suspects – by politicians. The tactic is very attractive and irresistible to politicians that many of them […]

The folly of man is his inability to come to terms with the realities of his fatalistic nature and his falability. He often foolishly and stupidly conducts himself with such arrogant grandiose mien under the false impression of being in charge, while by his very nature he is created not to be in charge of […]

  By this time next week, the year 2022 would have ended, and across the world people will speak of a new year with fresh expectations but when we look back on the year that is about to pass, in terms of achievements, high points, successes, failures and experiences, it would be recalled that the […]