Opinion

In the dying days of his administration in 2007, President Olusegun Obasanjo sold 51 percent of federal government’s stakes in two of Nigeria’s four ailing refineries to Bluestar Oil Services Ltd — a consortium…

Governance is serious business. It demands gravitas, rigour, diligence, and urgency. Those saddled with the responsibility of managing public trust must do so with circumspection, sobriety, and solemnity. The mood of the…

By olawale olaleye In truth, the physiognomy of a man should not be the yardstick for his intelligence. There are…

It is expected that our current political leaders and those who are asking why the new cartel of emerging market leaders called…

If you consumed too much foreign media after the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023, you would conclude that Nigeria was finally on its way to El Dorado. From day one, when Tinubu said…

The story that the Lagos State House of Assembly rejected 17 commissioner-nominees out of 39 names sent by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor, looked every inch like fake news initially, but it turned out to be…

By Seyi Bakare FALSEHOOD is not a noble tactic, but some people don’t care. And the reason is not hard to see: ambition,…

The concerns of Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, on the recent abduction of eight prospective Corps members in Zamfara Stateare understandable as unfortunate…

I have a strong feeling that many members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, must, by now,…

Making a city better for everyone is the clear goal of urban government and it is why cities elect mayors to pilot the city governance. Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital constitutionally cannot have a mayor but an…

As I like to say, Nigeria is on autoreplay; what happened 10 years ago also happened four years ago, and will also resurface tomorrow. Round and round, the naira story goes. This is the reality of our country.  On…

“My friends all like the sonorous proverb do we drum the agidigbo; it is the wise who dance to it, and the learned who understand its language.” These are the opening words of the apologue, ‘The Forest of a…

Please, do not wonder why I have to return to my organic beat, Abuja, the nation’s capital this week.…

At a time when Nigeria sorely needs a lean and swift government, President Bola Tinubu has opted for an unwieldy cabinet and an inscrutably slow approach to fully…

After days of dithering procrastination, President Bola Tinubu last Wednesday finally assigned portfolios to the 45…

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must…

Q: In a situation where the country does not export more to earn enough foreign exchange, floating may cause a run on the local currency. That is the crisis…

Caveat Emptor: What is adopted and said here is pending the judiciary determination of who ultimately becomes the…

Anytime I see people celebrating a coup d’état, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I always remember the military coup of December 31, 1983 that ousted President…

Why is anyone with any understanding of the present imperative in the management and deployment of our resources, is now at the point of…

The memory remains vivid in your mind, as sharp as yesterday. It was a Saturday evening. You were sitting in your student’s flat in Edinburgh, having a relaxed post-prandial discussion with your friends who were…

The trending news at the moment is the video of Godswill Akpabio, the President of the  Senate, declaring that a token had been sent to the accounts of the senators to enjoy their holiday. The Senate President…

When I wrote an article about Nasir El Rufai’s romance with controversy in 2021, I could not have predicted or forecast that he was going to be the centre of attention for the failure of the Senate to confirm his…

If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hit the ground running, it was because problems chased him into office. Yet, it wasn’t long before he tripped on a matter in which his genius had been acknowledged: forming his…