Opinions

After four years of speculation, feet dragging and rabid denials, the defection of Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade from the main opposition PDP to the ruling APC, dramatizes in spectacular fashion; the growing contradictions of Nigeria’s 4th Republic as a theatre of political absurdity which the nation has become, in the countdown to the […]

With his petulance, foul temperament, imprudent conduct and seemingly high propensity to stoke controversy, Nasir El-Rufai has impoverished the sobriety and dignity of the office of Governor of Kaduna State in ways that underscore the travails Nigeria’s democracy has had to endure and how democracy has been bastardised to have a peculiarly Nigerian definition, making […]

The sensational disclosure by the Senate that no fewer than 60 federal government agencies failed to remit over N3 trillion generated revenue into the Federation Account (FA) from 2014 to 2020 is certainly no complimentary news. The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning earns full blame for dereliction of duty by condoning, over […]

As despicable as this is, the sobering revelation that Covid-19 lockdowns in Nigeria have exacerbated the rising wave of rape cases involving, especially minors, and inadvertently placed women already facing domestic violence at risk for more severe violence; is not only disturbing on account of the horror and bestiality it emblemizes; the odious phenomenon illustrates […]

Ordinarily, the call by Robert Clarke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for the military to take over power would have been ignored as an innocuous comment by an ego-offensive agent provocateur out to raise his public nuisance value and seeking to be noticed. But amid rumors of an imminent military take-over, in the wake […]

While it is entirely in line with the character of Nigerian leaders to bemoan problems, which are their responsibility to solve; the latest display of this disgraceful disposition, which came the other day, from Niger Governor Abubakar Bello, who openly expressed apprehension over the presence of Boko Haram insurgents close to the political capital, Abuja, […]

The gruesome and cold-blooded murder of three of the abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, whose bodies were dumped close to the institution last Friday, is yet again another wicked and unconscionable act that portrays Nigeria as a barbaric and lawless nation. It also reflects the security deficit and incompetence on the part of relevant […]

The Nigerian Presidency has said it is in support of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, declaring his current ordeals are the handiwork of his enemies. It said the demands for Pantami’s sack or resignation are meant to ‘cancel’ him. In a statement issued by Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special […]

If there ever was any doubt about the abysmal level to which governance or leadership in Nigeria has fallen and how small the minds are in very high places; if further proof was ever required that President Muhammadu Buhari does not understand let alone know what it takes to tackle the insecurity that has transformed […]

Seven years have passed since more than 276 schoolgirls aged between 12 and 17 were abducted by the murderous Islamist sect, Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. Although most escaped or were later released, some 112 girls remain in captivity. Seven years since Chibok, there has been no accountability for crimes against children by Boko […]

There cannot be any question on the right and privilege of the President to hire and fire any minister, head of government agency or parastatal; but the melodramatic sacking of Mohammed Adamu from his position as Inspector General of Police (IGP) portrays the absentee president Muhammadu Buhari as an angry, bitter and disillusioned man. Though […]

If there was any time when President Muhammadu Buhari would see insecurity as a national emergency which poses a threat to national unity, that time is now. With the unending massacres from terrorism, kidnappings and incessant clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers across the country, Nigeria is headed for a crisis, this time on too […]