Now that the 2023 general elections, which include the destiny shaping presidential election, are approaching, Nigerians must be warming up to their duties as responsible citizens, with voting being the most foundational. The presidential, governorship and legislative candidates that emerged from the recently concluded political party primaries must be anxiously looking forward to knowing their…
One must admit that the matter of same faith presidential ticket is a bit tricky in Nigeria. But running mates only matter because presidential candidates only need to fulfil constitutional requirements. And the possibility of the running mate enhancing the ticket is merely incidental, as Nigeria’s Pentecostal community may have come up strong for Pastor…
Between 1999 and the end of 2021, the Academic Staff Union of Universities went on strike for 60 months and seven days. As for 2022, it’s more than five months and still counting, unfortunately. ASUU affiliates namely Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and National…
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State scared no few Nigerians when he revealed that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), wasn’t aware that bandits had threatened to abduct him. That’s after the attack and killing of two members of the President’s advance party to his hometown, Daura, for the July 2022 Eid el Kabir…
When told that his plan to promote pools betting as part of the economic plans to raise money for his government if he was elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is immoral and should be discouraged, Obafemi Awolowo countered that the stock exchange, that the elite engaged in, is equally a gambling, and…
Nigeria’s unimaginative Governors have again revealed their inadequacies and incompetencies by asking the Federal Government to stop paying fuel subsidies and hand over the money to them. Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, argues that the N3 trillion that the Federal Government expects to deduct from the Federation Account…
Some friends said they didn’t believe it when another friend, who is co-anchor of a TV morning show, said he didn’t know when he ran into a BRT dedicated lane after being (mis)led by some other motorists and his Google street finder. They were, however, impressed that the fine gentleman apologised in a mature and…
Have you observed that instead of telling Nigerians what they would do to sort Nigeria out, after the peculiar (penkelemesi) mess created by the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd), many of the presidential candidates are discussing inanities? Well, except Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, who is arguing that rather than…
It’s okay that banks have gotten the approval of the Federal Government to take over some non-performing Electricity Distribution Companies. They are getting their due. Most of the owners neither had the technical nor the financial know-how needed to run the lemons they forced their way into buying, anyway. Three of the Discos were considered…
Somebody once argued that political parties are formed to advance personal interests, which they present in the form of the amorphous national interest, the pretend result of the (unsigned) social contract between voters and elected officials. Indeed, the military that ruled Nigeria for nearly half of the years that Nigeria has been independent has somewhat…