Opinions

The eagerness with which INEC acts the script written by the failed APC Federal Government is disheartening. The present INEC under the leadership of Mahmood Yakubu has proven to be a purpet in the hands of the Presidency. The failed recall of Senator Dino Melaye further exposed the criminality of INEC. The speed with which […]

Last friday the United States Government released a damning human rights report on Nigeria, saying “grave violations of human rights” continued to increase in 2017 while officials who perpetrated them were never prosecuted by the Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari. It also said, inter alia, that Nigeria is suffering from “ethnic, religious and regional […]

His Lordship Justice Binta Nyako at the Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory last Friday, gave an instructive, landmark judgment in the matter between Mohammed Bello Adoke and the Attorney General of the Federation on the extent of Presidential powers. I had addressed this particular subject in a previous essay titled “Obasanjo […]

It has been brought to my attention that my name was placed in what the Federal Government of Nigeria describes as its “looters list”. I wish to make it abundatly clear that this is nonsensical and utterly shameful and I hereby reiterate the fact that I am totally innocent of any wrongdoing. The fact of […]

I received the news of the apology offered to the Nigerian people by my friend and brother Prince Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the PDP, with mixed feelings. For goodness sake what is the apology for? Is it the great achievements of President Olusegun Obasanjo or the commendable strides of President Goodluck Jonathan? In […]

I’m sure former defence minister, General TY Danjuma does not need much defence and when he does, has very qualified people to do so. But let me quickly stop some people in their tracks with context as they continue to hurtle hate and spiteful lines at the General for saying what he should have said […]

There are lots to be read into the recent report by the Fiscal Responsibility Commission on the debt profile of various state governments in 2016. According to the Punch of March 20 2018, which reported extensively on the report, the debt profiles of about 18 states exceeded their gross and net revenues by more than […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s 12th hour decision to snub the African Union Extra-ordinary summit on the endorsement of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), in Kigali, March 20 – 22 is a diplomatic blunder. The excuse that has been offered is not convincing, the management of the entire episode is untidy. Simple courtesies matter in diplomacy, […]

It may sound like fiction but seventy years ago, there was no Coca Cola; 7-Up; Fanta; Sprite; Soda Water; Vitamalt; Pepsi; Limca; Amstel Malta; Malta Guinness; Mirinda; Schweppes; etc. in Lagos or the rest of Nigeria for that matter. Air-conditioners were non-existent and only a few houses had what was described as “Frigidaires” (designed to […]

Dear BT, I have chosen this medium of an open letter to reach out to you due to the substantial issues I intend to bring to your notice in the full glare of the Nigerian public. You are important to me as a comrade in the Nigerian project, and as a co-combatant in the seedy […]

The government of Lagos state seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a property tax as it were, known as the Land Use Charge Act of 2018, which repeals a similar law of 2001, and consolidates ground rent, tenement rate, and neigbourhood development levy. The Land […]

The Bill on Hate speech before the National Assembly is an embarrassment. We seem to revel in taking decisions in moments of emotional flourishes and consequently often fail to soberly reflect on possible unintended consequences of our actions. Last year we saw how the country made itself a laughing stock when IPOB, as despicable and […]