By KABIR YUSUF THE Director-General of Protocol to the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Rogo, stands accused in a staggering ₦6.5 billion corruption scandal now under investigation by Nigeria’s two foremost anti-graft agencies: the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Investigators allege that Mr. Rogo masterminded […]
WITH the startling thuggery and electoral malfeasance that marred the recent by-elections in some states, Nigerians fear that the 2027 elections may turn out to be the most awful in the nation’s history, given the proclivity of politicians to win at all costs and subvert the will of the people. Elder statesmen, leaders, lawyers, and […]
By SHARON EBOESOMI THE House of Representatives recently indicted 31 federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for financial infractions totalling over ₦103.8 billion and $950,912.05. The indictment follows damning revelations from the 2019 and 2020 Auditor-General’s reports. The lawmakers requested that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission […]
By CHIAMAKA OKAFOR WITH seven heads of state in attendance, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday, 22 June, held its 67th summit of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government, ushering in a new leadership. After serving two tenures as leader of the ECOWAS Authority, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu […]
By OWEI LAKEMFA UNITED States President, Donald Trump, invited Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to the White House on Monday, 18 August. The purpose was to brief the latter on the outcome of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin three days earlier. Trump had already briefed Zelenskyy on phone and thought a meeting to finalise […]
WHEN the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) disclosed that more than 58 million harmful pieces of content were taken down from major platforms such as Google, Microsoft, and TikTok in Nigeria last year, it was more than a headline statistic. It was a powerful statement on the scale of Nigeria’s digital challenges — and […]
By ERIC TENIOLA SHORTLY after being sworn in as President on 29 May 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo (88) GCFR, delayed signing the Proclamation of the first sitting of the National Assembly. The delay lasted a few days during which there was suspense. Subsection 3 of Section 64 of the 1999 Constitution states that “subject to […]
THE greatest war Nigerians must fight is not against foreign powers—it is against the enemy within: the political elite. For decades, they have captured the nation, looted its wealth, and enslaved its people under a fraudulent system. This is not politics. This is oppression disguised as governance. We must say it clearly: APC, PDP, and […]
By AFOLABI AKINOLA OLAYIWOLA ECONOMISTS have repeatedly submitted that human wants are insatiable. The DNA of Africans, when it comes to losing elections, has given many realistic definitions to our greedy attitudes to power and animosity. A peep into history shows that the Western world has demonstrated nothingness to power and its ephemerality. They applaud […]
By ANDREW OOTA, Abuja Delivers 5,075.4km as ₦3 trillion are abandoned FG explores alternative funding arrangement for stalled projects Stakeholders allege subnational construction amidst inter-govt conflict SEVEN years into Nigeria’s Road Tax Credit Scheme, the programme may be grappling with survival crises, with many projects valued at ₦3 trillion, according to the latest data from […]