Opinions

Many northerners have been trying to describe the crisis brewing between the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II and his state Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as strictly a Kanawa’s affair. But that is not the case looking at the crisis from panoramic perspective. The tango between the prominent monarch and the governor is a recurring […]

The federal government’s appeal to Nigerians in the Diaspora to return home and seize the various economic opportunities to make themselves billionaires is a desperate call to action that should, indeed, be seen as a cry from the heart. Science and Technology Minister, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, who made the call at an investment forum in […]

On March 24, one Ms Taiwo Titilayo Momoh, attempted suicide at the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Both the police and concerned citizens rescued her from killing herself.  The said Ms Momoh was arraigned on April 21, at the Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate Court on a one-count charge to wit: “That you, Titilayo Momoh on the […]

It was never supposed to happen, because as incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan was expected to win. How Jonathan lost the 2015 presidential election to Muhammadu Buhari is the tragic story of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The question has been asked repeatedly: how can you organize elections and lose? The answer is provided in […]

For the second time in three weeks, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday failed to attend the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which held in the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The president had first stayed away from the FEC meeting a fortnight ago […]

Three years have passed since more than 276 schoolgirls were abducted by members of the murderous Islamist sect, Boko Haram. Having advertised its gross incapacitation, having demonstrated in word and deed its cluelessness over the whereabouts of the abducted girls, the government, despite repeated promises to rescue the kidnapped girls has been at a loss […]

When last week, President Muhammadu Buhari decided to suspend the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the Director General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke in order to allow unfettered investigations of both public officers, the most striking immediate reaction was the SGF asking: who is the Presidency?  State […]

There is a very funny cartoon trending in the social media. It is about a teacher who asked some pupils what they would like to be when they grow up. The pupils all replied they would want to become whistleblowers. The federal government launched its whistle-blowing policy in December 2016 to help expose financial crimes […]

Nigeria is truly an interesting Country. Within the space of 2 years it has moved from a country governed by a President completely incompetent on matters of security and warfare that Nigeria was on the verge of having a rebel group numbering no more than 1,000 men (and with little or no sources of income) […]

It would appear the last is yet to be heard of the controversial Malabu oil deal, in which a whopping US$1.3 billion was paid in 2011 to Malabu Oil and Gas, an indigenous Nigerian company by the government under President Goodluck Jonathan. The EFCC has filed three separate charges against former attorney general of the […]

The recent outbreak of meningitis which has affected 17 states and claimed no fewer than 438 lives is a very sad reminder of the shambolic healthcare delivery system across the country. The outbreak also advertises a certain poverty of ideas on the part of those who rule even in matters that are supposedly routine. It […]

The frosty relationship between the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led executive and legislative arms of government since inauguration in June 2015; may well be an exemplifier of an unseeming trend towards official deadlock, that risks adverse effects on the smooth running of government and the integrity of the nation’s democracy. Almost two years into the Buhari administration, […]