The battles I describe, took place four decades ago. They speak to character and governance; some of the problems we have today and why the country is in turmoil. They were between a then 42-year-old General Muhammadu Buhari and 76-year-old Michael Adekunle Ajasin who had retired after 54 years of teaching from July 1921 to Read More…
Prior to the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the CBN and the EFCC have been urged to crack down on the use of illicit funds. This request comes from the NGO Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre). This is contained in a statement that was given to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos Read More…
With the exception of Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), who represents Anambra South, 13 incumbent Anambra members of the National Assembly have lost their seats. This is the aftermath of the Independent National Electoral Commission conducted National Assembly elections and the announcement of the results of February 25. (INEC). According to Read More…
I don’t agree that the admittedly flawed 2023 presidential election should be cancelled as requested by some people. Decapitation is not the right cure for a nagging headache. In spite of its imperfections, the rule of law is still the most civilised way of resolving any dispute known to man. So, no matter how aggrieved Read More…
Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, promised Nigerians on Wednesday that he would be the nation’s chief servant and give the country his all. Shortly after being named the victor of the presidential election, Tinubu made the following statement at the APC Presidential Campaign Council headquarters in Abuja: “I will serve you; be your servant and not Read More…
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the candidate for president of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been proclaimed the victor of the presidential election held on February 25 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). With 8,794,726 votes, Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, defeated Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party (PDP), who received 6,984,520 Read More…
AFTER the presidential election on Saturday, February 25, 2023, the rains came down in Abuja. No, they were not pitiful tears even when Nigeria, an otherwise prosperous country has been reduced to a beggarly state. Rather, they were rains cleansing the country, starting with a thorough wash of the county’s seat of government to prepare Read More…
Today is the tomorrow you fretted about yesterday. You had thought that we were at the portals of oblivion in the run-up to the presidential elections. By now, we are all supposed to have vaporised. I made a quick check at dawn this morning; the sun still rose from the East as usual. All the Read More…
Politics is like Jujitsu, the Japanese martial art that employs holds, throws, and paralysing blows to subdue an opponent. If your opponent is big and throws his weight around, you skilfully allow him to make a move and use his weight to trip him; his strength thus becomes his weakness. All that is on display Read More…
The Senate has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to push back the deadline for old naira notes to be withdrawn from circulation from January 31 to July 31. Additionally, the upper house requested the CBN to establish an exchange window where those without bank accounts may deposit their old bills. The motion made Read More…