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Finally, Maina Goes To Jail
After a decade of high drama and powerplay, the law has finally caught up with the seemingly untouchable former chairman of the Pension Reforms Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. On…
Religion, politics and prejudice
As I was saying, an unliberated mind is instinctively sold to prejudice. It is a form of imprisonment. I had barely shut down my laptop after writing on ‘Yoruba Muslims and the Fifth…
2023 election: The north is indispensable
In Nigeria’s politics, the north holds the trump card – an inconvenient reality. By the inexorable contrivance of the divine, the northern region is a chief decider of the nation’s leadership.…
Babajide Akeredolu’sAppointment: What is the Fuss?
It was a welcome development and a sign of good things to come when on May 31, 2018, Muhammadu Buhari signed the Not Too Young To Run bill into law. Not Too Young To Run an…
Meth has found its market in Nigeria
Nigeria has emerged over the past decade as a significant producer of methamphetamine (meth), a highly addictive and illegal synthetic psychostimulant drug. Since the National Drug Law…
Sanwo-Olu’s 360 Degrees Wahala
Until that tragedy occurred, I had never heard the name Femi Osibona. But within a few hours of the collapse of his Ikoyi 21-storey building in Lagos, I came to learn a great…
Yoruba Muslims and the fifth columnists
A Yoruba Muslim engineer recently alleged that because of his Islamic faith, he was denied a job by Femi Osibona, the real estate tycoon behind the collapsed 21-storey building. Since…
Ikoyi Building Collapse: Dele Momodu’s Insensitive PR Stunt
Popular Nigerian ‘Journalist’ Dele Momodu a.k.a Bob Dee means different things to different people. To some he is the archetypal grass to grace story whose palm kernels were broken for…
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict:…
When wars and armed conflicts breakout in a place our assessment of the extent of the resultant damage is always placed on the number of causalities, displaced people, destroyed…
How I battled with voice in the bush over RCCG leadership — Adeboye
An aspect of Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s disarming humility is his ability to share the wretchedness of his background without worries. He recently had no qualms admitting that he was born in…
SWAGA’23: Yoruba must look beyond Tinubu’s ambition
What exactly do the Yoruba want as a constituent part of Nigeria? What is the political agenda of the South-West? Well, without a doubt, it is restructuring. The South-West has long been…
Nigeria at crossroads again: Do not die in their war!
There is no minute atom of doubt that the country is at a crossroads at the moment and needs an urgent fix to keep it going otherwise something may have to give way…
Hypocrisy as a political pastime
You need to see me laughing quietly in my corner as we prepare for the 2023 presidential election. The political debate has been built around where the next president should…
Review of the EEG scheme
The export expansion grant (EEG) scheme is a vital policy instrument to boost the competitiveness of Nigerian products in the international market and grow non-oil exports. As the bulk of…
Lessons from the rubbles of the collapsed 21 storey building
By Muyiwa Adetiba We were in traffic along Kingsway Road Ikoyi when my driver who normally keeps to himself while driving, asked a most unusual question. He pointed to a…
Diezani’s gold and diamond bras auction: Questions Nigerians are asking
For many Nigerians, the federal government of Nigeria joined the league of super entertainers when it announced its readiness to auction undergarments belonging to the embattled…
This Kumuyi Is Simply Different
He rarely speaks on things that do not have to do with the work of the Kingdom, which he is completely sold out to, and has been engrossed in for over 50 years. In fact, he exemplifies…
Fake News Debacle: Who Is After VP Osinbajo Again?
By Oluwafemi Popoola The uncertainties of 2023 elections keep raging. The debate of President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor and 2023 politics have thrown the current Nigeria’s Vice…
Bola Tinubu, give it a shot
The Nigerian nation is seriously palpitating on who will be the next occupier of the exalted presidential seat in 2023. No thanks to the tensed and restive environment created by…
Bola Tinubu and the ides of 2023
Born into relative obscurity even as apocryphal or doubtful sources claim he was raised or nurtured in sublime circumstances, Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s early life is…
Secondus: The Banana Peel That May Consume PDP
Just like the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is also at a crossroads and its sitting on a keg of gunpowder which could explode…
Why Tinubu May Become President of Nigeria
The Jagaban is back. Bola Ahmed Tinubu is back. He’s the most talked-about politician today. Let me say this, he may become president of Nigeria. Politics is about strategy, networking,…
Amosun is Reaping His Bargains
At a point in life, when somebody is superior to you in all ramifications, but you are insisting it is just a little in inches, then, something is wrong that requires urgent…
The naira and its many enemies
When you sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind. This always comes to mind anytime there is an outbreak of debate over the naira. It is a discussion we have been having since, I think, 1986 when Gen…