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2023: Meddling With Osinbajo, Tinubu’s Undeclared Presidential Ambitions
The 2023 electoral circle moves closer as Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has less than two years to complete his second term in office after his historic win on a joint ticket…
The Economist and its unrelenting doom, gloom about Nigeria
The Economist, the international weekly newspaper, has been steadfast and dutiful on its pursuit of a solitary narrative about Nigeria. Going by this newspaper’s disposition towards…
The fuel subsidy dilemma
Would you rather buy petrol at the market price — currently about N264/litre — but get quality healthcare and education in return? Or would you prefer to keep buying subsidised…
The Sacrilege In Imo State
By Comfort Obi In the afternoon of Tuesday, October 19, an abominable incident took place in Imo State, Nigeria. It was unprecedented. A sacrilege, it churned the…
TIWA SEX TAPE AND PAMPERS FOLLY
Up until the news started trending most people had even forgotten that Tiwa was brand Ambassador to this brand Folly number one. In trying to dissociate itself it appeared finicky and…
Mohammed Bello-koko: Setting the Records Straight!
The contents of the Pandora box has been unveiled, and the lid raised, which earlier shrouded the unwholesome character of the high and mighty in the society across the globe. It awaken and…
Tiwa Savage’s leaked sex video: Matters arising
Popular singer and Nigeria’s queen of pop, Tiwa Savage has been in the eye of the storm for sometimes now over a leaked sex video with her boyfriend. The singer had told American…
Joe Igbokwe: When It Is A Crime To love Buhari, Nigeria And Igboland
There are millions of us round the country who follow Muhammadu Buhari passionately. Some got enlisted in 1984 when the man was military head of state. Others joined along the line as the…
Why Tinubu deserves support
By Kayode Adejare Omiyale THERE are people who have large followings because of the offices they occupy, and sometimes we observe that these followings thin out after their exit from…
EFCC Probe Of NPA Boss: A Good Move
There are indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigations into the alleged secret offshore accounts by some Nigerians named in…
Devaluation is grossly overrated
On Monday, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo might have made his boldest pitch yet for his expected presidential bid in 2023. Speaking at the administration’s midterm retreat — with…
The Essential Buhari: VP Osinbajo Got It!
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is an honest man. Whatever he tells you, please take it serious. You can even take it to the bank, as it’s a cheque that will never bounce. Last weekend…
Jonathan’s defection to APC would be morally reprehensible
By Olu Fasan THERE is no smoke without fire, goes the old saying. So, there must be a good reason for the ceaseless speculations that former President Goodluck Jonathan…
Tinubu Should Support The South-East For 2023 Presidency – Buhari/Osinbajo Group Coordinator
The National Coordinator, Buhari/Osinbajo Support Group, Ebunola Martins, has said that the next Nigerian President to succeed Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 should come from the South-East…
The trouble with revenue allocation
As we speak, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) — set up in 1989 to, among other functions, “review, from time to time, the revenue allocation…
Weighty Matters About Our Country
Series of reactions have typically attended the October 1 broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari to mark the 61st anniversary of our Independence Day. These include the good,…
Ndigbo on the verge of self-inflicted destructions
ARE you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?” Those memorable lines from Maximus Decimus Meridius in “Gladiator” come to mind as a clip of Dr. Chike Akunyili’s brush with death…
Nigeria’s Corruption Respects Diversity And Federal Character
How much money, property does a man need? I am compelled to believe that the faculty for primitive accumulation is a pre-historic flaw of the African species. From Mobutu Sese…
#EndSARS and the Weaponisation of Fake News
The potency of fake news as a weapon of destruction and destabilisation was laid bare during and after the recent #EndSARS protests in Lagos and other parts of the…
Kano Naval Base: Where critics got it wrong
I watched with growing consternation the opposition to the establishment of a Naval ‘base’ in Kano. The decision followed the approval by the Navy Council to establish three…
The Atiku, Wike, Fintiri Game
On Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at the Akwa Ibom Governor’s residence in Abuja, 12 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors in a meeting, zoned the party chairmanship to the north.…
The Designer’s Perspective By Mayowa
It is said that “Perspective is everything.” The biggest predictive factor of how our lives will turn out is, without a doubt, how we perceive life's experiences. This is because practically every aspect of existence is governed by how…
Romancing the Frankenstein’s monsters
The brutal murder of Dr Chike Akunyili by the so-called “unknown gunmen” — I call them “the Boko Haram of the south-east” — has torn my heart to pieces. I was an…
Fashola and the Shadow Boxers
It has been an interesting week, reading commentary around the 'This Day' interview with the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola. Of course, it was easy to tell that…