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Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, on Wednesday, warned that if Nigeria refused to do away with the 1999 Constitution, it would be hard for anyone to fix the country. The elder statesman described Nigeria as a pluralistic country that needed to address its diversity with true federal constitutions. “To those who think that the […]
Continue ReadingTwo important books that speak to the most brutal military era in Nigeria’s history will be publicly presented in Abuja in the coming weeks. The first, on 18 November, is ‘Nine Lives: The Bello-Fadile Memoirs’. A retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army with a doctorate degree in law, Ralph Sixtus Babatunde (RSB) Bello-Fadile was a principal actor of […]
Continue ReadingThe late Archbishop Benson Idahosa was once asked to comment on the “proliferation of churches” in the country. His rhetorical response was as cynical as it was clinical: “Why are people not complaining about the proliferation of beer parlours?” This came to mind recently when the old debate about whether or not we should pray […]
Continue ReadingFor Nigerians living abroad or traveling internationally for business, the reactions we encounter from people in other countries are unfortunately all too familiar. Beneath the polite smiles and occasional warm hospitality accorded us, a subtle but unmistakable skepticism that hint at deep-rooted biases against Nigerians remains. This deep-seated distrust stems from the virulence of the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria is doddering on the edge of never-before-seen economic desolation, but President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration’s major preoccupation is not to bring ministration to a badly hurting nation but to prosecute harmless, impoverished, malnourished, and undernourished minors of northern Nigerian origin who, months ago, joined millions of Nigerians to protest for their right to a […]
Continue ReadingI am delighted to announce here today that just three days ago, the African Development Bank board of directors approved $100 million for the establishment of the Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank for Nigeria.” — Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank for Africa, AIDB, Friday, October 18, 2024. All the people present at […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has passed away. His death at the age of 56, was confirmed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday. Onanuga, in the statement titled, ‘Announcement of the Passing of Chief of Army Staff, […]
Continue ReadingJust when you are tempted to give up on Nigeria, something happens and your hope survives another brutal assault yet again. The incident involving Hon. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh has once more assured me that Nigeria is not a lost case. We know what is right, even if we fail to do it. We know what […]
Continue ReadingMany Nigerian scholars are agreed that a major problem of their nation is that the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 was not freely authored by the people. Rather, it was imposed by the military which had cause at certain periods of history to intervene in the politics of the country. For this […]
Continue ReadingResidents of Gbeyi, in Adegbayi area, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, woke up on Thursday to a shock and disbelief on hearing that a 33-year-old Comfort Olalere Tinubu, had stabbed her husband, Olusegun Tinubu, 39, to death on Wednesday night around 10pm. Reports say, the couple who got married about three years ago, had two children […]
Continue ReadingNigeria, in the last five years, has witnessed an increasing trend of multinational and local companies shutting down or relocating their operations due to economic challenges, currency volatility and rising operational costs. In the past five years, about 60 multinationals and local companies have left Nigeria, resulting in an estimated revenue loss of N94 trillion […]
Continue Reading(With the theme, ‘Enhancing Accountability: Limiting Vulnerabilities’, the Nigeria Accountability Summit 2024 continues today in Abuja. Below is my keynote speech at the opening session yesterday morning) I am aware that when you talk about accountability, people think you are referring to money. But accountability is much more than that. For me, nothing illustrates the real essence of accountability […]
Continue ReadingSocial media influencer, Martins Ortse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has alleged that Nigerian crossdresser Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, has been arrested by he Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). The activist claimed in a video posted on his Instagram page on Monday that Bobrisky was apprehended at the Seme border while attempting to flee […]
Continue ReadingThe World Bank’s Senior Vice President by the name of Indermit Gill, who is originally Indian, incited mass panic in Nigeria on October 14 when he said Nigeria would need to sustain its current soul-sucking, agonizingly punishing, and self-destructive “reforms” for “at least another 10 to 15 years to transform its economy.” Gill’s speech at […]
Continue ReadingFormer goalkeeper for Nigerian national team, the Green Eagles, Mr. Peter Fregene, also known as The Flying Cat, has passed away. He died on Sunday night at the age of 77 after a long battle with illness. His passing was announced on social media by his close friend and fellow ex-international, Segun Odegbami, in a […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigeria’s external debt climbs to $42.12 billion and as 62.9 per cent of Nigerians are multidimensionally poor, Official Development Assistance (ODA) is now viewed as a low-risk source for government to raise the much needed revenue for priority projects. ODA is not about commercial financing nor it is foreign direct investment. ODA is aid […]
Continue ReadingThe National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) held its 2024/2025 Legal Year ceremony yesterday in Abuja. With a retired Justice of Supreme Court, Ejembi Eko as Chairman, I was the guest speaker. Below is a slightly abridged version of my presentation that speaks not only to labour justice and public interest but also the rule […]
Continue ReadingIn the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings of 2025, Covenant University (CU), Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, has once again, and for the third time, secured the topmost position among all the Universities in Nigeria. THE rankings, which surveyed 1,907 universities across 108 countries across the world, assessed the institutions based on 18 performance […]
Continue ReadingOn 7 June 1911, the High Court of Australia decided a very interesting case. It arose from a publication issued two months earlier, on 7 April 1911, by a newspaper called The Mercury, published from Hobart, in Tasmania. Under the title “A Modest Judge,” the newspaper took aim at Mr Justice Higgins, a senior judge of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerians and indeed, the world, watched aghast last week as a South African grisly movie reel began to roll. Full of all the elements of a movie, it was however a real story. The cast was two black women who, on August 17, were shot and fed to pigs by a white farmer. The victims, […]
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