FG and Umahi’s roads to hell
Vanguard recently published pathetic pictures of the Benin-Sapele-Warri Expressway; and Punch revealed to us what happens to the Lagos-Calabar Expressway, not even 15 per cent completed, each time there is…
Editorial: Atiku’s Misguided Fuel Subsidy Nostalgia
Nigeria’s 2027 presidential campaign has barely begun and the country’s politicians have already reached for one of the oldest instruments in the electoral cupboard: the promise of cheap fuel. Former…
Editorial: Gov. Okpebholo’s Outrageous Appointment of 4,800 Special Assistants
Edo State has always prided itself on being one of Nigeria’s more politically mature jurisdictions; a state where governance occasionally rises above the level of roadside theatre. Governor Lucky Okpebholo’s…
Looking beyond cash to motivate employees
There is an uncomfortable truth at the heart of every conversation about employee motivation in Nigeria: money matters. In an economy where food, transport, electricity, rent, and school fees consume…
The Election Result Has Answered Them
The Osun election is over, and Governor Ademola Adeleke has won another term. That fact invites a revisit of the prophets, defectors and sages who explained why Osun voters must…
Editorial: 2027, APC and the Warning from Osun
In politics, defeats are rarely fatal; what kills is the refusal to learn. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would do well to treat Governor Ademola…
Litres, Not Language
When the leadership of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers,(NUPENG) walked into the Presidential Villa last week and told President Bola Tinubu “thank you,” my first instinct was…
Editorial: Tinubu’s Nigeria – A Republic in Freefall
Nigeria is not being governed; it is being managed like a private estate in which constitutional boundaries are treated as decorative suggestions. Under President Bola Tinubu, political brigandage has been…
Tinubu vs EFCC, Trump vs US Attorney
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, EFCC, got a court order to freeze Osun State government’s bank account, but President Bola Tinubu asked the EFCC to reverse the process. In the same week,…
Abacha’s Death and the Republic of Rumors
Nigeria is a country where facts go to die and speculation thrives like mold in a damp room. It is a place where official silence is treated as a governing…