By MUHYIDEEN JIMOH THE Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to economic stability and food security through strategic policies led by President Bola Tinubu. The government assured citizens that these initiatives are already producing results, with a clear focus on improving ordinary Nigerians’ welfare. Mr. Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and […]
A wave of uncertainty and crisis of confidence is rocking the leading political parties over the governorship race in Anambra, Osun and Ekiti states. The situation has triggered permutations on likely alliances, as well as suspense over the body language of President Bola Tinubu in the buildup to the elections. While stakeholders in the All […]
THE North as a political bloc has a tough decision to make regarding who it will back in the 2027 presidential election, as no fewer than five politicians are on its radar for endorsement. The five leading politicians hoping to get the nod of mainstream North, including incumbent President Bola Tinubu, are former Vice President […]
FORMER Minister of Information, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has warned that Nigeria risks disintegration before the 2027 general elections if urgent steps are not taken to restructure the country. Nwodo, also a former president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, stated that the current political structure has failed to address Nigeria’s complex challenges and must be reformed before […]
LET’S talk about hegemonic Islam in Northern Nigeria today. Hegemonic Islam, as a political ideology, is aimed at POWER and SOCIAL CONTROL through the imposition of value systems. Hegemonic Islam is different from the practice of Islam as an individual’s PERSONAL religion. Islam as a hegemonic system in Northern Nigeria started from the conquest of […]
By AYO SOGUNRO (Headline not Ayo’s) CONSTITUTIONAL issues are usually ignored by many Nigerians until their rights are affected in a visible and direct manner. However, here is your periodic reminder that the 1999 Constitution is a flawed document and cannot work for the benefit of the majority of us Nigerians. The Nigerian Constitution is, […]
By ABDUL MAHMUD TIME has a curious habit of thrusting pitiable characters, figures so burdened by their own tragic flaws, into the limelight. These characters, in their desperate attempts to reorder time, end up warping memory and meaning and casting space not as shared geography or collective belonging, but as a narrow enclosure hemmed in […]
ISLAMIC human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern, has asked both chambers of the National Assembly to consider initiating a bill to address what it described as the “glaring lop-sidedness” in the judiciary, by initiating a bill to create federal Shari’ah courts across the country, particularly in Southern Nigeria. In a statement signed by MURIC’s […]
WHILE banks in Nigeria declare humongous profits and race to beat the recapitalisation deadline, low-income depositors on the other hand feel plagued by peppery and duplicitous charges. According to them, banks operate like relentless predators, chipping away at savings through a myriad of charges, duplicitous SMS alerts, card maintenance fees, transfer levies, stamp duty; each […]
THE recent approval of ₦712 billion for the rehabilitation, upgrade and modernization of the old terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, is generating a rumpus, with aviation analysts and experts questioning it, it was reported. Stakeholders, including the opposition, are querying the timing of the project, the cost and the source of […]