Opinions

The grouse of critics of the Zamfara gold misadventure, and rightly so, is that since Nigeria is a federation, its revenue allocation formula must be consistent with the principle of federalism as it obtains in other federal systems such as America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland. This was relatively so under the 1960 Constitution, for which […]

Despite the preachments of successive northern politicians, including President Muhammadu Buhari about the imperative of a united Nigeria for national development, it is an insulting and shameful paradox, and a gratuitous assault on the collective intelligence and sensibilities of Nigerians, if the plan by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to purchase gold worth N5 […]

Things are falling apart in Nigeria and in the minds of a beleaguered citizenry; the president is making things even worse. That traditional rulers, youth organizations, elected Governors, ministers and other stakeholders from the South-south geopolitical zone have demanded an unreserved apology from the presidency for abruptly cancelling a crucial stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt, […]

For those who say Nigeria is a country where wonders shall never end, the callous and sycophantic campaign posters flooding cities across the nation, featuring potential candidates in hypothetical 2023 presidential election matchups is a shameful phenomenon that graphically retells the odious rat race, ideological vacuity and mundane craving that typify Nigeria’s political elite. Lacking […]

The recent clampdown on #EndSARS protesters by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is an ignominious and reprehensible act of violence against social and political activism and, by extension democracy. It is shameful, embarrassing and unacceptable that in a supposedly democratic government, demonstrators exercising their constitutional rights to peacefully protest against police brutality, could be […]

The United States of America that elected Donald J Trump in 2016 was a highly polarized and divided nation; but the country Trump asked to re-elect him last Tuesday, is even more polarized and divided. Donald Trump has desecrated the values that make America a beacon to the world. After four years of incompetence, corruption, […]

Given the terrible scenario playing out in the country, manifested in rising insecurity, mass poverty, high corruption in government, gross official recklessness and near zero governance, the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos state by security forces, are yet again unconscionable acts that portray Nigeria as barbaric and lawless. The premeditated nature of […]

Despite stiff opposition from protesters and the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), the fact that the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit, which was established to replace the recently disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), began training at the Police Mobile Force (PMF) Training School, Ila Oragun, Osun State and the PMF Training School, Ende Hills, Nasarawa […]

Quite predictably, the election timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has attracted mixed reactions from stakeholders. Speaking Thursday at the inauguration of the House constitutional review committee, INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, disclosed that the 2023 presidential election will hold on February 18, 2023; urging the national assembly to judiciously expedite its […]

The announced dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) by the Inspector General of Police following days of nationwide protests against brutality and other misconducts of operatives of the police unit; though desirable, is simply over-optimistic and no one should therefore mistake the issue of police reform as settled. The SARS was a rogue police […]

  The continuous silence by President Muhammadu Buhari over the jaw-dropping revelations of monumental corruption, financial recklessness and mismanagement in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), though hardly surprising, is scandalous and unacceptable, given that Nigeria’s diverse and growing security challenges are partly rooted in widespread poverty, which in turn, are outcomes of pervasive corruption. […]

THE Yoruba folk tale reminds one of Godwin Obaseki and his court jesters. It is about a swaggering elephant and the choir behind him. They tickle him with their songs of praise, the drum rolls and the dances. His head dizzy, he feels like deity in the confetti of flattery. The elephant swings right and […]