PREPARATORY to his exit from power last year, President Muhammadu Buhari warned all of us to let him be after office: “Nobody should ask me to come and give any evidence in any court; otherwise whoever it is, he will…
Ikoyi: WHEN I heard this gist I wanted to laugh. Yes na, why would you rent a house in millions or even buy a house equivalent of Shomolu local government budget only for staff of the facility managers to turn…
IN the middle of this present chronic issues surrounding our dear Nigeria, we are yet to get some of the intellectuals questioned and interviewed. Good government must summon intellectuals for public opinions, analyses, suggestions and recommendations on things that can…
Rights Activist Tells Nigerian People By Williams Adesoji A renowned human rights and pro-democracy activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, has urged Nigerian people to reply President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, with massive peaceful protests across the country, because he (Seyi…
INTRODUCTION “I like the noise of democracy.” James Buchanan Jr. The lie that Nigeria is operating a multi-party system of politics or government, with a whopping 18 legally registered political parties (see: INEC, 2023), is daily being perforated by the…
CLEAN-shaven, suave, upwardly mobile, and incurably optimistic, Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe, HOW, was one of the most recognisable figures in the banking space and corporate Nigeria. His official biography could only be written by him. But I hope his example can…
NIGERIA NATION, THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (Part 1) THE PAST FROM LORD LUGARD TO BALEWA Nigeria as a nation became one in a visible entity in the year 1914 when Lord Fredrick Lugard amalgamated the Southern and Northern protectorates…
INTRODUCTION The last instalment of this series started off with the spectacular failure of former President Muhammadu Buhari, and moved on to lament about the disappearance of our societal values; continued with how Nigeria has borrowed her future, pays for…
ANEEJ’s Acting Executive Director, Leo Atakpu Port – Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice ( ANEEJ), has declared that it is ready absolutely to advance the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement. This call…
THE last premier of the Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, asked his guest what the town was saying. The guest told him the town was solidly behind him. The guest backed his claim with a cassette which he said…
