They claim to know the cost of everything but know the value of nothing – Oscar Wilde The first quarter of the fiscal year of 2022 has been full of terrible news for Nigerians. There is oil scarcity and new stories of oil thievery. The persistent terrorist attacks around the country remain a challenge for the government. Thecountry also experienced a double electricity grid collapse in less than 48 hours. These three issues have added to the existing hardship in the… Read More

One week before Hollywood, Nigeria hosted a different kind of Oscar moment. At the swearing-in ceremony of Charles Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank and the new governor of the most commercially significant southeast state, the wife of the outgoing governor, Ebele Obiano, staged an unusual drama. Ebele, Nigeria’s modest answer to Kenya’s tempestuous Lucy Kibaki, floated across the… Read More

A female corps member was decamped last week from the NYSC orientation camp in Gombe for her failure to abide by the stipulated camp dress code and ethics and some people have been clamouring that it infringes on her fundamental right of religion since her choice to wear that attire was based on her religious background.  The religious corps member… Read More

So, it has almost been confirmed! The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari will probably leave office a notorious failure and in disgrace. He had vehemently prayed, hoped, and rejected the notion that his reign as the fifth democratically elected president of Nigeria would end in failure. He must have seen the handwriting on the wall because we did not even realise… Read More