By FIDELUS ZWANSON FORMER Nigerian presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, alongside Ghana’s ex-president John Dramani Mahama, have raised alarm over the future of democracy in Africa, warning it could collapse without urgent reforms. Speaking at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s Democracy Dialogue in Accra, Obasanjo argued that democracy is being “destroyed from within” and must […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed long-standing claims that he once pursued a third term in office, insisting he never sought such an agenda. Speaking at the Democracy Dialogue organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, Ghana, Obasanjo said no Nigerian, living or dead, could truthfully claim he solicited support for […]
By EMMANUELLA NDUONOFIT THE death of dictators has always carried with it a strange relief, like a soothing balm on a festering wound. Their demise often feels like a long-awaited exhale for those who lived under their cruelty. Take Saddam Hussein. His death sentence stirred outrage from some quarters—Syria denounced it, Hamas called it political, […]
SOMEONE once told me some people are born without feeling — “spies of humanity,” they called them — those who live off others with smiles that hide greed. Think of the faces who run pension treasuries, who siphon what should keep the old and infirm secure. If such people are the ones vying to lead […]
Q: The PDP governors filed a case at the Supreme Court on 9 April 2025. What has been the reaction to the court’s silence? Umar Sani (former political adviser to VP Namadi Sambo):“In 162 days, the highest court in Nigeria failed to determine the case brought by eleven PDP governors against the Federal Government. The […]
By IFEOMA IZUCHUKWU FOR decades, Nigerian women have been on the margins of governance despite forming nearly half of the country’s population and over 43 per cent of registered voters. Their voices remain underrepresented in legislative chambers at both federal and state levels, where decisions that shape the nation’s future are made. A new constitutional […]
By MELVIN KOFFA THE Tinubu Media Force (TMF) has urged local governments to use the record ₦2.225 trillion August FAAC allocation to deliver visible impact at the grassroots. TMF National Coordinator, Oluwagbenga Abiola, praised President Bola Tinubu’s reforms for boosting revenue but stressed that councils must translate the funds into food hubs, storage facilities, CNG […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS THE Rivers State House of Assembly has directed Governor Siminalayi Fubara to urgently submit a list of commissioner-nominees for screening and confirmation, as well as initiate the process of presenting an Appropriation Bill for the rest of the year. The resolutions were passed on Thursday as lawmakers resumed plenary after a six-month […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS SDP’S 2023 presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu as a “well-known tax collector,” noting his record in Lagos and now at the federal level. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Adebayo said Tinubu’s reforms are “not the best but far better than what we had,” while criticising former President […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS FORMER Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has described Nigeria’s 2025 tax reforms under President Bola Tinubu as the most ambitious overhaul of the country’s fiscal framework. Speaking at the maiden Distinguished Parliamentarian Lecture in Abuja, Dogara said the reforms address decades of complexity, weak enforcement, and economic mismanagement that […]