The Supreme Court decision is a major setback in the quest for real development in a country bedeviled with the challenges of nationhood. Emphasis should shift from revenue allocation to generation. Let each geo-political zone concentrate on its area of…

Supreme Court of Nigeria The Supreme Court on Thursday, 11 July made landmark judgements on local government areas (LGAs) in the country. First, it gave the salutary order that they must be run by elected persons. Its second order that…

…the Supreme Court verdict is a starting point for a long-drawn process. It will help the local governments in three ways. First, the  profound constitutional change by the Supreme Court  will put them on a journey of financial independence and…

Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of Nosa Asemota.] Further reforms to governance will, thus, be required to leverage the strengthened financial and administrative independence that our local councils now have. A starting place will be…

A raft of fiscal reforms by President William Ruto of Kenya, aimed at increasing the country’s revenue to address its mounting fiscal challenges, has got the East African nation rumbling since last month. A Finance Bill with a new tax…

The venerable Chief Olusegun Osoba clocks 85 today. I celebrate his enduring imprint on the fabric of Nigeria’s story. Osoba’s distinguished career, a testament to his unwavering dedication and unrelenting passion, has traversed the realms of journalism, politics, and traditional…

Some government policy announcements this past week indicate that Nigerian economic managers are rethinking the appropriateness of existing policy measures to move the economy in the desired direction for economic prosperity. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr…

The Iloko, offspring of Arelu (Iloko Omo Arelu) are held in awe in Yorubaland. For a people who fought one another in internecine wars that began in 1793 and lasted for almost a century, the Yoruba give effusions of reverence to…

Professor Olatunji Dare Treacherous was the moment. Most editors got a whiff of the story but were either afraid or reluctant to publish it. Meffy (Godwin Emefiele, then CBN governor) had gone rogue in a perfect depiction of either state…

Professor Wole Soyinka Soyinka is a patriot who has used his innate talent to serve humanity at every opportunity. His radical posture has come handy in dangerous times when only persons of sterner stuff could stand. In 1967, he was…

Friends, you belong to a body. Forget about this silo and empire mentality that probably your mentor has taught you. The kingdom of God matters more to God than an individual ministry. One ministry isn’t more important than the entire…

Professor Wole Soyinka In the African literary precinct, where minds form thoughts and thoughts mould minds, Wole Soyinka, until perhaps there is another revelation in his class, will remain the definitive African confounding literary enigma and the actual definition of…

Today, Nigeria isn’t so far away from where Yugoslavia was in 1995. Several Milosevics are promising a return to a glorious past where their ethnic group was supreme. Their playing ground is social media, and their hate mongering is gaining…

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola …the judges have toppled the people and installed themselves as the ones who alone can elect politicians to positions of power and influence in Nigeria. Access to political office now, therefore, is…

Professor Wole Soyinka. Armed with a calabash full of frothing palm wine, I raise an elbow in a twin celebration of our own WS, the irrepressible Kongi, Eniogun, the man of iron on the one hand; and the unassuming four-star…