Nigeria’s biggest scandal is here, By Lasisi Olagunju

President Bola Tinubu’s Villa scriptwriters are supremely gifted. Go back and read Mr. Bayo Onanuga’s So Long a Letter on the Gbajabiamila-Adeyemi ‘feud’ over an agency that is simultaneously legal and illegal. The lengthy statement is a work of prose, daintily littered with repetition and refrain; rhyme and rhythm. Check out this excerpt: “On 27 […]

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The Phantom Presidential Council Scandal, By Farooq A. Kperogi

I first received a WhatsApp forward about the scandal from notable University of Texas history professor Toyin Falola. I didn’t read it. I thought it was just another corruption scandal, the sort I have become tragically inured to. A few days later, my friend Professor Moses Ochonu forwarded another version of it to me. I […]

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The Wider Implications of the Kemi Adeosun Scandal, By Olukayode Odeyinde

It is few months to general elections in Nigeria and expectedly every issue is viewed through a political prism, with major players in the polity trying to gain advantage from this. However, Kemi Adeosun’s certificate scandal has wider implications that patriotic and non-partisan people must bring to the fore. According to the NYSC Act, every […]

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