Perspectives
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Six things Tinubu must do to immediately renew our hope, By Temitope Ajayi
With the return of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President-Elect, to the country on Monday after a month vacation abroad ahead of his inauguration on May 29, 2023 as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he must be ruminating by now on how he will discharge the huge burden of expectations of Nigerians. The President-elect campaigned on the…
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OGD/Adebutu’s romantic honeymoon will soon be over, By Olufemi Ezekiel
The Ogun State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded general elections, Oladipupo Adebutu, and his secret ally, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, have been so much engrossed in their honeymoon that they seem to have forgotten that post-nuptial vacation doesn’t last forever. It doesn’t last beyond one-moon cycle at most. Derived from Scandinavian tradition, a honeymoon…
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Lessons Nigeria can learn from UK’s Vehicle Licencing Agency, By Kayode Adebiyi
I am not surprised that Britain is in the top 5 lowest road accident rate in the world. It is also one of the top toughest countries in the world to obtain a driver’s licence. People celebrate passing a practical driving test to obtain a UK drivers licence like they just passed a difficult university exams. Personally, with the fact…
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Unending bloodshed in Zango Kataf, By Yemi Adebowale
Security clumsiness is unending in beloved Nigeria. It comes with all the trappings of a failed government. For instance, what kind of explanation will our security agencies put up in defence of their failings seven days back in Runji Sakwab, Atyap Chiefdom of Zango Kataf Local Government Area Kaduna State, where 33 persons were murdered in their sleep, 19 of…
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Kogi State governorship: Why aggrieved APC members must unite behind Ododo’s candidacy, By Abubakar Sidiq Usman
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been the dominant force in Nigerian politics since its formation in 2013. The party’s victory in the 2015 presidential election, as well as winning the majority of legislative seats in the National and State Assemblies, and again in the 2019 General Election, proves its dominance. However, the unity of purpose that brought together…
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Opinion: Investigating Nigeria’s subsidy removal quagmire, Dangote’s refinery debacle, By Audu
In the midst of dwindling revenues and skyrocketing subsidy costs, Nigeria has taken a bold step by removing fuel subsidies, igniting controversy and unrest among its population. Despite the opposition’s claims that subsidy removal will disproportionately affect the poor, the government’s redirection of funds towards crucial sectors such as health and education paints a promising picture for Nigeria’s future. The…
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Can Naira exchange for N200 to $1 again?
By Oyedeji Kayode I doubt if that is possible. Exchange rate cannot be fixed by fiat as Buhari tried to do and wrecked the economy. It is basically a function of demand and supply and there is never a quick fix. It is easy for a currency to crash but extremely difficult to make it rise. The process of building…
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ANALYSIS: Why northern Nigerians prefer to study in Sudan
By Gimba Kakanda Sudan isn’t the collapsible banana republic you assumed it is. It’s not just what you see on CNN. It’s had over a century of health professions education, long before Nigeria had its first medical school, and they have an evolved medical education system that attracts undergraduate and postgraduate medical students from across the world. They had had…
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Memo to the President-elect, By Olawale Olaleye
With the 2023 elections wrapped up two weekends ago, following the concluding supplementary polls across 24 states, in addition to the governorship exercises in Kebbi and Adamawa States, all is now set for the formal handover of power on May 29, from the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari to the incoming President-elect Bola Tinubu. Although the elections have generally raised some…
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Next President of the Senate, By Yemi Adebowale
The list of aspirants for the position of President of the Senate in the 10th Assembly commencing in June keeps growing. As at the last count,10 senators were already jostling for the plum job. I’m not sorry to say that most of the aspirants are in the race for selfish reasons. Many of them have just been making noise with…
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