Opinion

All hell has been let loose, and the centre can no longer hold in Kenya over the tax revolt that has been ravaging that East-African country since June. In the wake of the crisis, a part of the parliament…

A chance encounter with “Captain” recently set you thinking. You had attended a party held by a friend to…

Nigerians have been invited to troop to the streets in their millions from Thursday, August 1, to protest the harsh economic situation following the…

The negative attitude of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) towards the Dangote Petroleum Refinery…

From all indications, it has been determined by the media team of President Bola Tinubu that his best approach to engagement with Nigerians, is via statements rolled out by either Bayo Onanuga or Ajuri Ngelale. Bayo…

Globally, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased following the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic amidst subdued economic growth. According to the World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022…

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is not a stranger to adversity or its more sinister cousin, sabotage. One of the bitterest battles he has fought in the last 25 years—the cement war—was against his kinsman and…

Aliko Dangote deserves our collective support and official encouragement. I told him the day I visited his plant that he’s “an authentic African hero and a real icon, and I meant that from the bottom of my heart. As an…

Duke of Shomolu Speaks In the last twelve months, these two cases have…

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…