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Opinion

September 21, 2023

Begging for a seat at the table

Azu IshiekweneSince Nigeria’s president obviously loved what he saw at the G20 in Delhi, he should have asked…Narendra Modi to share the story of India’s journey to the G20 with him.

President Bola Tinubu at the G20 summit
September 17, 2023

 Mujahid Asari Dokubo’s journey from below the law in 2005 to above the law in 2023

But the law of rule portends equal opportunity danger for its makers too.

President Bola Tinubu and Asari Dokubo
September 16, 2023

Presidential election tribunal verdict and the task before the Supreme Court

It would also be reassuring if the Supreme Court grants legal protection to the technological safeguards that INEC spent billions to acquire.

Haruna Tsamani and CJN Ariwoola
September 15, 2023

What’s behind NBS’ methodology that put Nigeria’s unemployment rate at 4.1%?

As Nigeria looks to the future, the narrative constructed by data must offer a clear, unobstructed view of the challenges at hand.

NBS and Nigerian masses
September 10, 2023

Nigerian justices have been compromising election judgements for incumbent presidents since 1979

What seems clear is that, since 1979, judicial appointments and decision-making in election petitions have enjoyed a relationship underpinned by a whiff of implicit quid pro quo.

Bola Tinubu and Haruna Tsamani
September 8, 2023

When Nigeria goes fishing at G-20

According to correspondence from the presidency, Indian investors made financial pledges amounting to $14 billion during the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New Delhi.

Bola Tinubu and Narendra Modi
September 7, 2023

Obaseki and Shaibu deserve each other

Obaseki and Shaibu deserve each other. And Oshiomhole, the father of this incorrigible pair and high priest of their shenanigans, must be sorry.

September 6, 2023

Where will you be on September 6, 2023?

I hope you will be at a place that is easy to remember when your children and grandchildren will ask you.

Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar
September 5, 2023

Nigeria Immigration Service and culture of corruption, laziness for hire-purchase passports

While these are symptoms of larger dislocations in the Nigerian system, the greed of some of these NIS officials, who take delight in sabotaging the system for selfish gains, should be curbed.

NIS boss Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju and Nigerian passport