Opinions

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State is the current poster child of erring governors; governors who have not been able to pay workers’ salaries for a long spell.  In Aregbesola case, the man has not bothered to pay his State’s workers or retirees’ pension since sometime last year.  The governor has received a lot of […]

The decision by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Security Agency (NSA), to register and capture the biometric data of all mobile phone subscribers, ostensibly to curb crimes committed through mobile phones and other cyber outlets in the country is an action that was long overdue. The activities of scammers and incidence of […]

Permit me to begin this weeks column with a small aside. One of the things that I learnt from my late father, Chief Remilekun Fani-Kayode and my leader, President Olusegun Obasanjo, is that one must never respond to the ignorant, the uncouth, the uncultured, the unlettered, the unrefined and the accursed.   They   also taught me […]

The controversy that trailed the sacking last month, of the 17 local government chairmen in Plateau State by Governor Simon Lalong, is yet another sign of the deep malfunctioning of the political system the country is operating. It is another clear indication that even under the new dispensation of change; Nigeria remains a nation with […]

Brigandage, irresponsible, disgraceful and lawless are words that best describe the havoc wreaked by soldiers in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, allegedly protesting the killing of their colleague by suspected cultists last Friday. The soldiers, said to belong to the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering (NASME), unleashed terror on residents at the North Bank […]

It is tough to manage an economy even in times of boom so it is definitely tougher to do so in times of economic woes. Various governments around the world employ different monetary and fiscal policy measures in order to pilot their economies in the right direction and prevent a crash. What makes the job […]

Amidst the prevailing poverty and under-development in the nation, the plan by the National Population Commission (NPC) to spend a whopping N273 billion to conduct a national census in 2016 is outrageous and scandalous and should be shelved. Census statistics are central to political configuration and socio-economic planning indispensable to national development. But to contemplate […]

With a promise to tackle corruption as the central goal of his administration, the controversy that has erupted over President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to limit his audit of government to just the immediate past administration is a commitment that cannot but please all those who wish Nigeria well because if Nigeria does not kill corruption, […]

A silver lining may have appeared in the dark, gloomy, intractable cloud of the Boko Haram insurgency, amid reports that some members of the group have reached out, requesting a platform to negotiate with the federal government on possible cessation of hostilities. No one should be under any illusions that Boko Haram could be dealt […]

In my column last week, I re-stated what I have always believed is the fundamental problem of the country – namely the crisis in our nation-building process. I believe that unless Nigerians feel there is ‘an imagined community’ that has their overarching loyalty, the current wave of de-Nigerianisation will continue unabated and solutions thrown at […]

After weeks of intrigues, and consultations over the leadership crisis in the National Assembly, it seems the rift is coming to a peaceful end following events in both chambers as lawmakers resume work last Tuesday. Before resumption, APC factions in both Chambers had refused to shift ground, hell bent on outwitting one another. But President […]

As Nigerians wait patiently for President Buhari to unveil his cabinet, expectations are very high that they will be men and women of proven integrity and outstanding track record. Anything short of this may mean that nothing much has changed. Understandably, there is nothing illegal about the delay and the president has said he will […]