Opinions

The groundswell of criticisms trailing the bailout package approved by the federal government for itself and cash-strapped states constitutes a diversion to the actual goal of governance and advertises in dramatic fashion, the skewed nature of the Nigerian federation. To all intents and purposes, the action is an exoneration of governors from the guilt of […]

Let me have cause to quote again from Francis Fukuyama’s book entitled, Political Order and Political Decay. He says: “Nigeria’s real institutional deficit lies in the…: lack of strong modern and capable state and absence of rule of law that provides property rights, citizens security, and transparency in transactions. These two deficits are related. Rather than having a modern state that can provide […]Read More

Chief Adegoke Adelabu whose birthday we are celebrating today Thursday, 9th July 2015 years after his death in a ghastly motor accident, at the age of only 43 years, at  old Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ibadan, would have been a grand old man of 100 years.  He was, without any doubt whatever, a legend in his time […]

The controversy that has trailed the panel set up to probe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on apparent discrepancies in its accounts, as well as alleged plundering of the Excess Crude Account (ECA) by the immediate past government is understandable. The fact that recommendations from such probes are always never implemented has made Nigerians skeptical […]

No one in recent times has sought the presidency more doggedly, than Muhammadu Buhari.  Now that he has been fourth time lucky, the new President must not lose the momentum of the change he promised Nigerians; who voted more for him than for his party. Even as Nigerians await the new government with great expectation, […]

No other event lately perhaps dramatizes the contradictions of the new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari than the ongoing crisis in the Eight National Assembly which degenerated into a free-for-all last week as lawmakers exchanged punches and engaged in fistfights inside the hallowed chambers, to the consternation of onlookers, including school children. The selection of […]

It was hardly surprising that international extractive industries watchdog, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), recently met with officials in the new administration to underscore the need for President Muhammadu Buhari to take direct charge of oil issues, and integrate the revised EITI principles and standards in his economic policy agenda. The EITI focusses on […]

The hailstorm of public condemnation that trailed media reports of outrageous wardrobe allowances earmarked for lawmakers has once again appropriately refocused public attention on the contentious issue of the emolument of Nigerian legislators. While Nigeria labors for breath under bureaucratic overweight, corruption, a shaky economy and an Islamic insurgency, the nation has been asphyxiated by […]

In the midst of the intoxicating euphoria over the swearing-in of President Muhammadu Buhari as the Head of State of Nigeria on 29th May 2015 in the presence of over fifty Foreign Presidents, Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers etc., Lt. General T.Y. Danjuma (Retd) delivered a stunning verdict on our political parties and our breed of […]

The  Imo State Council  of  Traditional  Rulers is   presently  mired  in  a  cesspool  of  turbulence  as it  teeters   on  the  brink  of   cacophony   on  the   controversial   issue   bordering  on  the  alleged  suspension  of  four  traditional  rulers  and   the   impending  trial   of  more  than 50  others. In  this cacophony   opinions    are   diverse   on   the   true   state   […]

Those who have come close to Saraki say the man has a distasteful and arrogant swagger about him, a trait he demonstrated tremendously as governor of Kwara State. In his fangled obsession for unquestioning loyalty, Saraki is also said to consider his positions and appointments based on what personal benefits he could derive from such. […]

In continuation of our previous publication on the Subject, our attention has been drawn to Sun newspaper of Tuesday 26th May, 2015 attributing EFCC poor performance to poor funding by the last administration captioned “Jonathan starved EFCC  of funds – Lamorde”. Nigerians, Lamorde and his corrupt team during 2015 budget defense at the National Assembly early […]