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At the risk of sounding nauseatingly repetitive, it is necessary to remind President Muhammadu Buhari that he needs a Council of Economic Advisers to help his government think through, and formulate, appropriate responses to the economic challenges facing the nation. To achieve his intention “to implement initiatives that will lift our citizens out of poverty,…

It was reported that when Chief Obafemi Awolowo, first Premier of Western Nigeria, was going  to give up on Nigeria’s politics in the 1980s, he projected that the masses of Nigeria, whom the elite refuse to educate, train, and provide jobs for, would fight for themselves when the time comes. The violence that is gradually…

The Director of the Ekiti State branch of the National Identity Management Commission, Gbenga Ifayefunmi, recently disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari had signed an Executive Order that makes it mandatory for Nigerians to present the National Identity Card before they can obtain Nigeria’s passport. Unlike civil service-wide government circulars issued from the Office of the…

Observers say that Abike Dabiri-Erewa was so successful as Special Adviser to the President on Diaspora Matters that President Muhammadu Buhari had to create the Nigerian Diaspora Commission to further consolidate the gains of her achievements. While watching the footage of the Nigerian Television Authority’s report of Nigeria’s Diaspora Day 2019 that held, with the theme, ‘The…

Mkpe Abang, who was presented as Editor-in-Chief of an unknown IT & Telecom Digest, recently exhumed the phrase, “Comment is free, but facts are sacred,” in order to service a brief to label an opinion of this writer as “steeped in inaccuracies… deliberate malice, even untruth.” It is necessary to expose his amateurish attempt to discharge a…

This is the season of 100 Days In Office, and it is being celebrated by most of Nigeria’s freshman governors, eager to showcase their achievements. This gives many public relations handlers opportunities to laud the performances of their principals, however modest. The first 100-Days concept came out of “Cent Jours,” or Hundred Days, from the…

The Nuremberg trial of former Senate Deputy President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, reminds one of the challenges of Brother Jero of the immensely hilarious playlet, “Trial of Brother Jero,” written by Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka. The lesson from the senator’s experience is that Nigeria’s political elite cannot hide from their constituents, even outside the country. The…

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, recently announced that President Muhammadu Buhari had set up, and appointed members of an Economic Advisory Council. The council is different from the Economic Management Team headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The EMT members included Ministers of Finance; Budget and National Planning; Trade,…

This word is for the arrogant people of South-West Nigeria, who (justifiably) bemoan the loss of past glories wrought by their fathers, former Premier Obafemi Awolowo and others, in the education sector of Nigeria. Of a truth, the Awolowo-led government of Western Nigeria introduced the free education scheme that sent many who would have perished…

Many Southern and Middle Belt Nigerians seem to have rejected the RUGA or cattle ranching plan of the Federal Government, partly because of fear that it may be used to import alien Fulani to skew future elections against the South. RUGA is a Hausa word for cow settlements. Another fear is that the facilities may…