Our last week intervention was on the unsavoury of political violence in Rivers State under the title “And Fubara Removed His SIM Card From Wike’s Phone.” In that discourse, I drew the attention of us all to the emerging, if…
Mr Lawal said that CODE would deploy observers in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo and establish a situation room hub in Kogi for the Nov.11 poll. Connected Development (CODE), a civil society organisation, has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Africa must learn to play its own strategic game rather than play second fiddle to the game of thrones of the others. West Africa must close its doors to the three coups – military takeovers, constitutional coups for third term…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cried out that there was a reported foiled terrorist attack on its 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and other sensitive locations in Yola, Adamawa State. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba,…
Given today’s state of the nation, it is likely that both Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi are thanking their stars that they were not the ones declared as our elected president on March 1, 2023. If they were,…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has said that the federal government is planning to review the salaries of its workers as a move towards cushioning the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Akpabio made this known when he received the Governor…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas “to drop the scandalous plan to spend N40bn on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials,…
When there is no confidence that those who occupy public office have a commitment to defending the common good, then amoral behaviour becomes the standard. The real problem is the collapse of the civic space and consciousness that the common…
There is a common denominator that African citizens in 24 countries have and will have in 2023: We want to vote! The year 2023 is a very crucial one for Africa in terms of change of government via election as a total…
The Association of Corporate Governance Professionals of Nigeria (ACGPN) has urged President Bola Tinubu to include an appreciable number of women in his administration, even as Nigerians eagerly await the ministerial nominees. ACGPN also called on other stakeholders in the…