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Senator Ahmed Lawan is the incumbent Senate President of Nigeria, having won the election into that office, 79 -28, beating his rival, Senator Ali Ndume of the same ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Lawan was the anointed candidate of his party, the APC, but he worked hard to negotiate with and secure the support of […]

Finally, June 12 as a historically iconic date is official. It is no longer a mere symbol of what could have been. It is now encoded as a take-off date for the resurgence of the democratic experience in Nigeria.And the credit goes to President Muhammadu Buhari, a man whose comrades-in-arms, led by Ibrahim Babangida had, […]

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of its review of the 2019 General elections in the country is reportedly working on a proposal for the alteration of the 1999 Constitution as amended to enable it reduce the number of political parties in the country. A total of 91 political parties participated in the […]

Exactly twenty six ago yesterday, Nigerians trooped out to cast their votes to elect a man of their choice to lead Nigeria as President. The historic event of June 12, 1993 in which Nigerians shunned religion, ethnicity and tribal differences to freely decide who leads them, has since become the most symbolic day in the […]

It is ironic that it had to take a member of the military establishment now turned democrat, that is General, now President Muhammadu Buhari for June 12 to be accorded its pride of place in the socio-political calendar of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Before now, the recognition/celebration of June 12 as a watershed in […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruling on the outcome of forensic audit of Oando Plc’s is capable of not only destabilizing the operations of the company but also discourage investors from patronizing the capital market. Oando Plc, which is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), suffered significant decline […]

As Muhammadu Leko Buhari takes the oath of office for his second and final term as President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria’s armed forces, it is a despondent and optimistic people who are casting a retrospective glance at governance in the last four years, bemoaning the pains of the first term and hoping, even against expectations, […]

Conspiracy theories are the palm oil of Nigeria’s politics. They give taste to falsehood, tension, fear and unrest.  And often, they are ignorantly eaten, regurgitated and spewed by the unwary. On December 11, 2013, former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a caustic missive entitled, ‘Before it is too late’, searing former President Jonathan and his administration. […]

If you are wondering why the Nigerian army is back on the front pages; if you are wondering why the government is jittery and making baseless accusations of sabotage and destabilization by domestic political opponents who they see as dangerous threats; and you are anxious about a political crisis in the making, then look no […]

When the history of godfatherism in Nigerian politics will be written, Mr. Ahmed Bola Tinubu may not take the first position. But he would certainly receive prominent mention in somewhat incommodious manner for elevating that aberrant political behaviour to a dark art form. His is consistent with that Nigerian way of doing things in reverse […]

The revelation by the global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI) that Nigeria loses not less than $17 billion annually through illicit financial flows was a damning appraisal of President Muhammadu Buhari’s pledge to bring corruption under control and another reminder, if at all any was needed, that Buhari’s efforts to combat rampant corruption have been […]

Amid the apparent dithering and failure of the federal government to pay state governments their share of monthly allocation from the Federation Account (FA), which continues to diminish by the day, the latest Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) which shows that as many as 17 States of the federation were insolvent is a recipe for […]