Opinion

Time flies. It does. Our latest experience of democracy is almost a quarter of a century old. I was in Abuja on May 29, 1999 when Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar handed over power to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. Well, I…

I am not an enthusiast of the royal institution. I have never been. This is why I declined dozens of media requests yesterday to comment either on the propriety of Sanusi’s reappointment…

“You can’t bully reality.” Federal Government officials, ignoring the truth and chasing shadows, have been warned several times on these pages – particularly when they manage their offices as if might is…

After nearly 70 years of agitation, Nigeria finally looks set to establish state police. That is, every state will have its own police force. On Thursday,…

                    Last week, veteran singer, actor and activist, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, mocked the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, describing him as a “mistake maker’ of the…

Penultimate week, the media outlets were awashed with news about the turn around of the former Governor Nyesom Wike, of Rivers State conceding  that he made a mistake by supporting the incumbent Governor, Siminalaya…

The grand conspiracy against the reemergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term that was hinted at by the President’s loyal political allies in the North is gradually but surely coming into the…

President Tinubu and his administration stand at a critical juncture, faced with the weighty decision of heeding the counsel of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As elders wisely say, “To be forewarned is to…

Construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway has begun amid a myriad of fiscal and due process concerns. But indifference is the response of President Bola Tinubu’s administration…

“God, give me the courage to change the things I can change, the serenity to accept the things I can’t change and the wisdom to know the difference” – Irish Prayer. I campaigned on this page for eight years against…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu indeed met Nigerians in the cauldron of abject poverty. It was officially called multi-dimensional poverty. Muhammadu Buhari, the former President, did not hand over to Tinubu until poverty…

If, as proposed by the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms during the week, the current Value Added Tax (VAT) rate is increased to 10 per cent from the current 7.5 per cent, it is certain that…

It is unfortunate that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has decided to drag the name of an innocent and industrious young man, Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, into his ever increasingly desperate…

It is good to get many sides of a man before situating his actions. Since a colleague told a story of the minister of works, David Umahi, his journey to the limelight and the point at which he changed direction, it…

If we are to take a sample opinion among Nigerians on who among President Tinubu’s ministers scores low in terms of performance, no doubt Chief Adebayo Adelabu the minister of Power will probably be up there at the top.…

Ordinarily, for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and indeed other anti-corruption agencies, the fear of a mere mortal who christens himself the ‘White Lion’ of Kogi State, the political entity he…

Dear President Tinubu, I hope this message finds you well. I want to draw your attention to an issue that has been quite concerning to me and, I believe, to many Nigerians interested in the country’s progress and…

WHEN MultiChoice, Africa’s leading entertainment platform, announced price adjustment on its DStv and GOtv packages on April 24, all hell broke loose. That has become a tradition. John Ugbe, the Chief Executive Officer,…

Anti-graft agency Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is taunting us with another emotional roller-coaster. They are asking us to join them in navel-gazing over another sensational case of thievery by a…

A big drama in town came to the general public’s attention thanks to the encounter on a road called Benghazi in Abuja, Nigeria. In case you missed…

When one considers the history of the legal profession anywhere in the world, it is not unusual to have family members heavily present in the practice whether as lawyers or as judges; after all, it is a noble profession…

The images of Godwin Emefiele, looking flummoxed as he is chaperoned by state security agents from custody to custody, from courtroom to courtroom, contrast sharply with those of the man who, as governor of the Central…

Yayaha Bello is the genius. While other governors were searching for olodos and malleable lackeys to foist on their states as successors, Bello didn’t take any chances. He found Ododo. He must have known that the…

I was filled with regrets after watching a documentary by the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) titled ‘Fuel Subsidy: Lifting a Nation’s Burden’. I started ruminating over what…