We don’t need another ASUU strike
SOMETHING is fundamentally wrong with governance in Nigeria to the extent that the more the form and faces around it…
President Tinubu needs to check the wheels of governance
NO one could accuse President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of being a rookie in power when he took the reins of…
Cybersecurity levy, Nigerians and the failure of the public sphere
IN the past week, the news about the proposed Cybersecurity levy, an offshoot of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) (Amendment)…
Mele Kyari, David Umahi, and lessons in service delivery
MELE Kyari and Senator David Umahi are two public officers occupying two critical sectors of the nation’s economy under the…
IGP: We are more than ripe for State Police
Last Monday, the House of Representatives organised a policy dialogue with the theme “Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria.”…
Yahaya Bello: Do we need to prosecute ex-Govs?
I followed the drama of unimaginable scenes that unfolded in Abuja last week, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC)…
Now that electricity tariff has gone higher
Shortly after my last piece on the power sector titled: Minister Adelabu: Perish the Thought, published on Sunday, February 18,…
Let’s look into this Ease of Doing Business mantra
I listened to the Chief Executive of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema talking about the hurdles his company went through…
President Tinubu, let your appointees obey NASS summons
WHEN President Bola Tinubu recently hosted members of the House of Representatives to the traditional breaking of the Ramadan fast…
NLC’s recourse to brigandage
POLITICS, they say is a game of numbers. In its pure form, the majority would have their way, while the…
Parliamentary system is worth trying
When some 60 lawmakers in the House of Representatives signed a bill seeking to revert the nation to the parliamentary…
Have the security chiefs overstayed their welcome?
EARLY in February, precisely on February 13, the Senate went into a 10-hour meeting with security chiefs after which it…
Hardship: The states are not just doing enough
TOWARDS the end of year 2023, Presidential Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga tweeted on his X (formerly…
Minister Adelabu: Perish the thought
THE Minister of Power, Oloye Adebayo Adelabu, hit the airwaves on Thursday, February 15 with yet another sad news in…
If Cardoso won’t defend the Naira, who will?
LAST week, the National Assembly undertook one of the major responsibilities assigned to it by the 1999 Constitution when the…
Why can’t CBN, FAAN relocate offices to Lagos?
WHAT is close to hell has been let loose since the announcements by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and…
Insecurity: The real enemies Tinubu must deal with
ON his recent foreign trips, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reportedly secured several landmark deals, running to billions of US dollars.…
How Humanitarian Ministry Breeds Humanitarian Crisis
WHEN the government of President Muhammadu Buhari launched the National Social Safety Nets Programme under the National Social Safety Nets…
Why Akpabio must respect the established procedure
HAVING closely followed the activities of the Nigerian parliament in the last two decades, the processes and procedures of that…
Ogun: The audacious electricity challenge
SINCE the Federal Government adopted the Electricity Act, 2023 on June 9, 2023, not much has been heard from the…


