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It is now 46 days since the war between US/Israel and Iran began in the Middle East on February 28, throwing the entire world into a fit, in what gradually matured into a war of civilizations, a gory theatre of bloodshed, death and destruction, a mesh of cultural difference, regional tension and melodramatic assault on […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) are incensed by the de-recognition of the leadership of their party by Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, relying on a March 12, 2026 judgement of the Court of Appeal in Abuja (Appeal No. CA/ABJ/145/2026) viz: Senator David Mark v. Hon. Nafiu Bala Gombe & Ors. This move by the […]
Continue ReadingThe release of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai from the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), on temporary, compassionate grounds, on Friday, March 27, following the death of his mother, Hajiya Ummar El-Rufai in Cairo, Egypt, raises legal, philosophical and communal belief issues that are at once controversial and discernable. The release is wrong. It […]
Continue ReadingThere is an urgent assignment for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It is the need to intervene and seek to resolve the festering conflict between Cross Rivers State and its neighbouring Akwa Ibom State, both once together as a com-munity, until state creation in 1987, and now the politics of oil, the fight over 76 oil […]
Continue ReadingThe elections, held over the weekend, Saturday, February 21, were interesting for the obvious reason that they were clearly the litmus test cases for the Electoral Act, 2026 which was signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, February 18, 2026. The President had promised last week that we were “all going to […]
Continue ReadingIt should come as no surprise to anyone that American troops are now effectively on the ground in Nigeria to assist the country to fight Boko Haram and Islamic state insurgents and terrorists who have been tormenting the country for about two decades. Yet there are certain Nigerians at home and abroad who are indulging […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate returns from a two-week recess today to attend an emergency plenary session at noon to address the lingering and vexed matter of the ongoing amendment of the Electoral Act 2022. Expectations are high. Opinions are divided as to what may well be the outcome of today’s meeting. Since the return to civilian rule […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to Nigeria on Saturday after a state visit to Turkey during which Nigeria and Turkey signed a total of nine agreements covering defence, energy, military training, intelligence sharing, health, education and a shared target of trade investment valued at about $5 billion. It is not enough to sign bilateral agreements, […]
Continue ReadingTo state the truth, Africa was significantly nowhere at the World Economic Forum which took place this 19-23 January. You may say absent figuratively, sidelined more specifically, and that has been very much the pattern over the years. The World Economic Forum was established in 1971 by Professor Klaus Schwab to provide a forum for […]
Continue ReadingThere is a potentially disruptive speculation, a kite being flown in political conversations, which could affect the fortunes of the ruling party – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the relationship between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima as Nigerians begin the dress rehearsal towards the 2027 general elections. It […]
Continue Reading“The knee on his neck” reminds us of the case of the American citizen, George Floyd, who was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 25 May, 2020 by a policeman, Derek Chauvin, a white police officer who pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds. Floyd’s last words were: “I can’t breathe.” He […]
Continue ReadingThe received opinion in 20th century literature on America’s foreign policy process is that the United States, America as we know it, is not a colonizing power but a liberal society of men and women who are committed to the ideals of democracy, free trade and economic prosperity, human rights, humanitarian aid, and global stability. […]
Continue ReadingAs the year ends, the biggest domestic controversy in Nigeria is the realization that when the new year begins, effective January 1, Nigerians will be faced with a new tax regime which will broaden the tax net, ensure better collection, equity and accountability and a more efficient sys-tem which means more revenue for the government. […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, December 15, the Supreme Court of Nigeria struck out the suit filed by 11 Governors of states controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Ah-med Tinubu on March 18, 2025. The suit: AG Adamawa & 10 Ors vs. AG Federation and the National […]
Continue ReadingNo one should be surprised at the level of controversy that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ambassadorial list of 35 nominees, whose names have been sent to the Senate for confirmation has generated in Nigeria. Former Ambassadors were recalled in September 2023, and now it has taken two years and two months for the government to […]
Continue ReadingThe crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came to a head over the weekend that just passed, 15 -16 November, when a group of PDP elders – they refuse to be called a faction but that is what they look like – decided against the background of fierce legal battles, to hold the party’s […]
Continue ReadingYesterday was October 20, the fifth anniversary of the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre, aftermath of the #EndSARS youth protest in Lagos. Scores of young persons were reportedly killed, maimed, made to inhale tear gas, or jump into the Lagoon and till date there has been no full closure on that event, despite attempts by the […]
Continue ReadingLast week, October 7, the announcement was made of the exit of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, Chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 2015 – 2025, and his replacement in acting capacity by Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu, Chairperson of Legal Services, Clearance, and Complaints Committee (LSC &CC) – she is now likely to hold the record […]
Continue ReadingOn September 26, 2025, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, precisely a day after his 81st birthday was crowned the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland to succeed Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, the 43rd Olubadan who passed in July 2025. This may well be described as Senator Ladoja’s third momentous coming on the stage of Nigerian politics, and some may even […]
Continue ReadingBy some curious coincidence, the subject of tenure elongation and extension of Presidential term limits caught the headlines in the last few days in Nigeria. In Accra, Ghana, at an event organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chair of the occasion, was reported as having said that he did not, ahead of […]
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