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King Donald’s courtiers struggle to keep up
It has been a head-spinning week for American foreign policy. Tariffs against Canada and Mexico were dramatically announced, then suddenly postponed. USAID was…
Lagos Assembly leadership: Old Gimmicks At Play
Few weeks ago, upon the removal of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, I had cause to interrogate the implications by way of…
Now Isn’t The Time To Immortalise Tinubu
Within eleven months, a dozen structures including institutions were named after Nigeria’s serving president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The most recent of the naming obsession took place on January 23, 2025 when…
No plea bargain for kidnap kingpin Evans, others
As the hearing date of the trial of convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, draws near, it is imperative to interrogate the propriety of plea bargain in the Nigerian criminal…
Cash for legislative approval
Democracy thrives on transparency, accountability, and the rule of law. The legislature, as the guardian of democratic governance, plays a…
Of Obasa and the need to let the Lagos Assembly breathe
I should think that it is high time for all the shenanigans surrounding the removal of the erstwhile Speaker and selection of a new Speaker for the Lagos State House of Assembly to have been brought to an end, so as…
How The World Should Unite To Show How Trump Is Dumb
Donald J. Trump is back as the president of the United States of America for the second time. With a convincing victory this time at the polls, he is more emboldened to execute his pitiless agenda than ever before.…
Is the National Assembly redeemable?
FRESH accusations that members of the National Assembly demanded N480 million from federal universities to approve their 2025 budget allocations is a stark reminder of the entrenched corruption plaguing Nigeria’s…
As Foes And Friends Unite Against Tinubu
Although 2025 has only just begun, the Machiavellian maneuvers and the increasingly tensile, high-decibel political…
Making sense of Amaechi’s confessions
You can say whatever you like about Rt Hon Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, but you can never accuse the former governor of…
Obasa: A General without troops
In his sensational, post-ouster news conference in Ikeja, Lagos, Mudashiru Obasa, the former Speaker of the Lagos State House of…
Ooni’s face-saving intervention forgot the Supreme Court
The case between Dele Farotimi and Afe Babalola reached a climax when we were informed early on Monday morning that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, had intervened. Media reports indicated that the traditional…
Babangida’s autobiography
The news that General Ibrahim Babangida is set to launch his autobiography next month, 32 years after he left office as our fourth military dictator, is one of the surprises of 2025, but will the memoir answer the many…
Gaza Can Never Be Defeated, Her People Can Never Be Moved To Egypt And Jordan
By Femi Fani-Kayode A friend sent the following to me last night. He wrote, “No to the evacuation of Palestinians. They will never be allowed to return once they vacate Gaza. That’s what happened to their…
Obasa: Lagos na wa!
Lagos state and the drama of its embattled lawmaker and ex-speaker of its parliament, Mudashiru Obasa, appropriately answer to an idiom in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Insatiably curious about the…
It’s 30 years of revolution
Mr ‘Folabi Lawal, of blessed memory, told me this fascinating story sometime in 1998. He was the THISDAY bureau chief in Abuja,…
Before Justice Burna Boy sends Speed Darlington to jail again
THE destroyers of the African continent want no opposition and have crafted silly laws. Which is why in a ludicrous development, one Dumsile Dludlu is currently facing up to five years in prison for allegedly snooping…
What Kemi Badenoch gets wrong about Nigeria
An outdated assessment of northern Nigeria, leaning into ethnic stereotypes, makes Badenoch ill-suited for national leadership in the UK. Regardless of…
The gap between rhetoric and reality: Assessing Bola Tinubu’s presidential performance
By Kunle Oshobi As we approach President Bola Tinubu’s mid-term in office in the next few months having already spent…
Oba Otudeko: Targeted Negative Campaign Must Stop
Dr. Oba Otudeko, CFR notes the furor of false allegations that have been deliberately made public, which…
New investment shows Nigeria’s 2024 energy reforms are working
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s energy vision is clear and simple: Nigeria has abundant energy in all forms and must ensure that…
A Letter to the fallen Speaker, Obasa
The downfall of a man is not the end of his life. Many say your impeachment was good riddance to bad rubbish. But in Nigerian politics, rubbish is the man who lacks the capacity for nuisance. I know you, Mudashiru…
Fashola And Detty December
If there is one thing Nigerians have mastered, it is giving names to things in a way that almost always captures the very essence of those things. From iconic nicknames to catchy phrases and new slangs, Nigerians have…
To keep Nigeria one is onerous
How can I forget? On April 22, 1990, Major Gideon Orkar announced the overthrow of Gen Ibrahim Babangida’s military regime which he described in…