Since President Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected for a second and last term, he has been playing host to groups generally known as traditional rulers, campaign organisations, political associates, business groups and special interest groups, lobbyists, attention seekers and political jobbers. Just about everyone with some access wants to be seen …
Read More »South Africa’s unending xenophobic hostilities
Despite the big-brother role Nigeria played for the abolition of apartheid in South Africa, and the support given to South African businesses in Nigeria to thrive; Nigerians are still being attacked and mindlessly killed in South Africa. It is curious that despite editorials and strong condemnation from all over the …
Read More »Let the parties be, INEC
Against the background of the shortcomings of the recent general elections in the country, the jury is out performing a post-mortem. So far it has stumbled upon a strange, large number of political parties in the country. This may not be cheering news for the electoral management body, the Independent …
Read More »State police: From rhetoric to action
AS the nation continues to grapple with existential and grave security issues, it behooves the Federal Government and all stakeholders to re-think its security strategies and re-jig the existing security architecture to save us from a free fall into the depths of anarchy reminiscent of Libya, Somalia, and Yugoslavia in …
Read More »Worsening poverty index unacceptable
Notwithstanding repeated official denials and somewhat feeble attempts, over the years, to alleviate poverty in the country, the monster still persists and it is making life miserable for the citizenry. It is, therefore, not surprising that the 2019 global multidimensional poverty index, once again, ranked Nigeria among the poorest in …
Read More »Is INEC Chairman Professor Yakubu Really Serious?
Recently the INEC Chairman Professor Yakubu was reported in both print and electronic media to have said that INEC was the most improved federal institution. I had to read that twice to convince myself I was not seeing double. If according to him, INEC is the gold standard for Nigeria’s …
Read More »Ruga and the Fulani agenda, by Fani-Kayode
On 6th February 2014 the leader of IPOB and the lion of the East, my friend and brother Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, said the following, “As they campaign vigorously for elections, you would think, they are coming to grow the economy, enthrone justice, breed unity and tolerance, love for one another. …
Read More »Sell the worthless refineries!
A report that Nigeria’s four refineries are currently operating at just 5.55 per cent of their combined installed capacity of 445,000 barrels per day means that the refineries are barely producing 24,698 barrels per day, indicating gross under-performance, which demands the political will to sell the refineries at this time. …
Read More »2019 budget and oil price volatility
A recent report of the slump in the price of crude oil to about US $60 from almost US $70 per barrel has really become worrisome for Nigeria’s implementation of the 2019 budget, despite some development in the Persian Gulf, which should not be a source of inspiration, after all. …
Read More »Right time for state police
A report the other day that President Muhammadu Buhari had instructed Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to work out modalities for the implementation of the report of a committee which was set up in August last year on police reform is …
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