Buhari’s bailouts: We may never get it right in Agric, Power (II)
IF the bailouts in the agriculture sector are fast sinking like huge drops of water in a basket, the situation…
Buhari ’s bailouts: We may never get it right in Agric, Power (I)
POPULAR Yoruba musician, Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi, in his recognition of the universal authority of God over the affairs of men,…
Ajimobi ’s beer parlour gist (II)
“BEFORE the inception of this administration, Ibadan, the state capital, was adjudged the dirtiest in the country. Is it the…
My fears for restructuring
No doubt, restructuring has become the song of the moment among Nigeria’s political actors. From relative obscurity, the idea of…
Restructuring: Let’s damn the Federal Government
THE Yoruba nation, on September 7, in Ibadan, took a big leap towards achieving the much talked about restructuring of…
Recession: I adopt OGD’s stance
LAST week, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released its Second Quarter data for the year 2017, declaring that the…
Corruption war: The example from Ministry of Education
WHEN General Muhammadu Buhari reeled out a three-point campaign agenda ahead of the 2015 election, making corruption one of the…
Dissecting Buhari’s Abuja declarations
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s address to his countrymen last Monday after his 103 day medical sojourn in the United Kingdom has thrown…
Corruption war: The example from Ministry of Education
WHEN General Muhammadu Buhari reeled out a three-point campaign agenda ahead of the 2015 election, making corruption one of the…
Nigeria: Before we become a beggar nation (II)
LET us borrow the governors some two kobo here. No state of the federation is incapable of fending for itself,…
Nigeria: Before we become a beggar nation (1)
IN the last week of July 2017, the Nigerian National Assembly voted on 33 items slated for amendment in the…
NASS: Constitution amendment in the midst of insecurity
LAST week, the two chambers of the National Assembly, the Senate and the House of Representatives went through the rigours…
Restructuring: How National Assembly can help out
RESTRUCTURING is the fad out there right now. The political circle bubbles each time that word props up. Some sections…
PDP: A lifeline from the brink
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday bounced back from the dead when the Supreme Court delivered its ruling in…
This question of restructuring
A public commentator said recently that the attention span of Nigerians on major national issues doesn’t go beyond six weeks.…
The war Fashola cannot win
MINISTER of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has opened a battlefront with the National Assembly over what he…
Biafra: in search of practical steps
WHEN agitators for Biafran independence under the aegis of the Independent Peoples of Biafra(IPOB), took the South-East and parts of…
Re: Why are we still in darkness?
ELECTRICITY is one of the essential services Nigerians expect their government to provide for their daily use. No wonder why…
Power: Why are we still in darkness?
There were some interesting campaign quotes attributed to Babatunde Raji Fashola, then Governor of Lagos, now Minister of Power, Works…
Chibok: A controversy that won’t go away
THE release of 82 of the adopted Chibok school girls last week came as a relief to the nation, especially…
