Opinion

By Jimoh Ibrahim What is Tinubu’s offence? The failure to use power as trading currency not leaning from Henry VIII of England (1491–1547), who imprisoned and executed those who would not sign his…

In 2019, I was covering the Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend, where Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, sat with British-Sudanese billionaire, Mo Ibrahim, to discuss everything from investing to passports, to…

Last Wednesday, Nigeria’s upper parliament became a grammar class where semantics, syntax and structure are examined. His Excellency, the Senate President of Nigeria, Godswill Obot Akpabio, suddenly became an…

Since the inception of the life changing talk series, ‘Balancing Pains and Gains in the Pursuit of Happiness’ by Hon. Ike Ibe in June 2024, the…

The Supreme Court judgement on July 11, granting financial autonomy to the 774 local councils and recognising them as the third tier of…

FEDERALISM is the imaginary bedrock of Nigeria’s constitutional democracy, designed to balance power between the centre and the sub-nationals. However, the recent judgement by the Supreme Court concerning local…

A tweet went viral last week from the fingers of lawmaker and son of former Kaduna State governor, Bello El Rufai. I did not see it until quite a few people forwarded it to men. A former minister also sent…

Many Nigerians just love the parliamentary system of government without knowing it. That was my first take-away from the UK general election, which saw the Labour Party chase the Tories out of No 10 in one of…

Finally, the supreme court has liberated local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria and paved the way for real grassroots development following its ruling on Thursday ordering the federal government to henceforth…

Recently, a photograph of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, was all over the Internet. The world has however been left to hazard only guesses on the subject of their discussion…

I grew up being made to understand that everything about the United States of America was a model to the rest of the world. “In America” was a constant recourse in public discourse — whether we were talking about…

INTRICATE intrigues are playing out in Nigeria’s oil industry. These are bound to derail expectations of a reprieve in the form of lower petrol prices with the commencement of the Dangote Refinery and…

It was like magic. In 2006, my wife enrolled for a post-graduate programme in the UK. After getting accommodation, she was informed by the landlady that as a student, she was entitled to exemption from council tax.…

Last week, when the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) expressed alarm over the deteriorating relationship between the Sokoto state government and the Sultan of Sokoto, coupled with whispers of impending dethronement, I…

Many have lost hope of the Federal Government-showing a maintained interest in the return of peace to the South East. The indications are that the centre at best is disinterested in whether the South East swims…

Chairman of the Dangote Refinery, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, recently disclosed how offshore “oil mafia” nearly grounded his effort to build the largest single-train refinery in Nigeria. According to him, these faceless…

The Bola Tinubu administration is at loggerheads with the states over local government autonomy. The federal government filed…

The labour unions went on total strike on Monday, paralysing economic activities, stopping domestic flights and switching off the national power…

Nestling aboard an incoming Delta Airline flight from Atlanta, Georgia on May 10, 2024, the window-seat view of the landscape and skyscape of Ikeja cityscape was gloomy. The giant American bird called Boeing glided…

The National Minimum Wage Act that came into force on 18 April 2019 prescribed a five-year review cycle. For that reason, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had the law on their side for…

Senator Kashim Shettima, a charismatic and eloquent politician, demonstrated exceptional leadership by proactively spearheading the Bola Tinubu presidential campaign, even before the aspirant’s official declaration. At…

Many Nigerians were caught unawares by yesterday’s revocation of the licence of Heritage Bank by the CBN, but among many industry operators, it was widely known that the bank has been severely distressed in the last five…

In a surprise move, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced it has revoked Heritage Bank’s operating license, effectively closing the institution and placing depositors at the mercy of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance…

Good God, we are madly in love with yesterday, aren’t we? We are always looking forward to yesterday. You know, the good old days. The days when we had…