THE National Council of State, a diverse body comprising former presidents, heads of government, chief justices of the federation, state…
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IT is clear for what: negative or positive reasons, why Russia’s influence in Nigeria is growing. Historically, Russia or the…
JIGAWA State is at a pivotal moment in its history. With the visionary leadership of Malam Umar Namadi, we are…
SOME of our fellow citizens are jesters and don’t mind going the whole hog to make fun of serious national…
THROUGHOUT history, great speeches have effectuated great change. Former United States President John F. Kennedy set the tone for a…
THIS is not the maiden attempt. I have written a couple of essays on the man – Mele Kolo Kyari,…
THE Oxford dictionary defines peaceful protest as nonviolent resistance or nonviolent action – the act of expressing disapproval through a…
ON Saturday, as the #EndBadGovernance protest continued for the third day in parts of Nigeria, a group of the protesters…
THE late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardaunan Sakwatto, used to call him “Gajere Captain,” the short captain.…
IF you are reading the Financial Times and the article is titled “Shock Therapy Alone Will Not Cure Nigeria’s Economic…
ALL hell has been let loose, and the centre can no longer hold in Kenya over the tax revolt that…
SINCE the onset of Nigeria’s self-inflicted economic crisis, the survival of the 650,000 barrels-per-day Dangote Refinery has been under intense…
ON Thursday in Abuja, Minister of Finance Mr Wale Edun addressed a press conference and gave a mid-year report on…
THE international oil cartel is a formidable force, capable of crushing any new entrants into the oil market, such as…
ANYONE used to the famed subtlety and the etiquette of understatement which the British have since turned to a culture…
LET me open my discourse by asking some rhetorical questions for which I believe many Nigerians, home and abroad have…
I WAS not surprised that there was a groundswell of feeling for the earlier piece that I wrote on this…
GOVERNORS have been acting tongue-in-cheek in their reactions to last Thursday’s verdict of the Supreme Court, which stripped them of…
THE Supreme Court judgement on July 11, granting financial autonomy to the 774 local councils and recognising them as the…
THE contest for royal supremacy between Muhammad Sanusi II and Aminu Ado Bayero took an explicitly ethnic turn a few…