Category: OP-ED

The President Muhammadu Buhari administration did not prime itself for leadership but power. The regime has titillated more attention from controversies stoked by internecine scrimmages than from any milestone project. It has been five years of intrigues, scandals, and the simply unbelievable. Really, the life of the regime has been more dramatic than a Telemundo soap opera. In October, 2016,… Read More

Later this week, the interpreters of maladies and mad men without specialists of President Almajiri will celebrate five years in office of the aging dictator. They will tell you what Napoleon could not do, President Almajiri had done it. They will choke you with five years of toxic delicacies advertised as achievements of President Almajiri. Nothing could be deadly. Buyers… Read More

In 2015, one Yinusa Dahiru a.k.a Yinusa Yellow, made the news headlines when he abducted one Ese Oruru from her mother’s shop in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, and made off with her to his base in Kano State. Ese’s mother cried out for the whole world to hear and child rights and women activists heard her loud cry as her abducted… Read More

The Niger Delta Development Commission was established in the 3rd Quarter of the Year 2000, under the Act No.6 of the National Assembly which provides for the repeal of the defunct Oil Mineral Producing Areas Commission Decree 1998. This bold move was geared towards a re-organized management structure for an effective commission by the Federal Government, in favour of the… Read More

If there is ever a time that we require national reflection on the failure of Nigeria’s educational system to meet global standard and new reality, the present closure of schools as a result of COVID-19 appears to be that one time opportunity that we badly need to rethink what is presently called education in Nigeria. Aside that there are more… Read More

Because I know Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambarirather well, I had initially decided not to participate in the conversations marking his taking of the office of Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.   But I know Nigeria even better, and it would be wrong to pretend that the former Minister, former Ambassador and former United Nations Under-Secretary-General does not factor very much in the evolving Nigerian story.   Some people say that Mr. Gambari is too old for the position… Read More

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, some of Nigeria’s top billionaires made significant contributions in the fight against COVID-19. Aliko Dangote donated N2bn while Mike Adenuga donated N3bn. Femi Otedola, Folorunsho Alakija, Tony Elumelu, Jim Ovia and Oba Otudeko donated N1bn each. The CEOs of Access Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank gave N1bn each. This is not the first time… Read More

Quite unlike the richest woman in Africa, Isabel Dos Santos, who was at the centre of ‘Luanda Leaks’, now facing fraud charges in Angola with her playboy husband, Sindika Dokolo, Hanan Buhari, our President’s daughter, is not into big business exploiting the presidential advantages of her father. She is not a billionaire as the Angolan cupidinous Jezebel. Hanan is just… Read More

The corrupt practices of Mr Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA) have been brought to light. In a series of articles over the last few weeks, Sahara Reporters revealed several incidents of the chief lawmaker’s plunder of public funds and attempts to cover up by lodging these illegitimately acquired monies under false names. Based on this exposé “Concerned Nigerians”, an NGO, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to have Mr Obasa arrested and prosecuted.… Read More