Last Thursday, June 13, 2024, Justice Garba Lawal, who led the seven-member panel of Justices of the Supreme Court reserved judgment on a suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors to enforce the autonomy of administration…

When discussing Nigeria’s escalating debt, experts often agree that the core issue is a chronic revenue generation challenge, not the debt itself. So, the options on the table include increasing revenue generation, particularly from non-oil sources, as the shift towards…

There are three arms of government namely the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. These three are both dependent and independent of one another. Yes, they are stand-alone institutions but one cannot do without the other in a democracy. The…

Whoever came up with the idea of unveiling the portrait of President Bola Tinubu at the June 12, 2024, Democracy Day celebrations must be a sycophant of the highest order. He misadvised himself, presidential aides and the President on this…

Lagos State House of Assembly. It is easy to hold talks in Nigeria, and commemorate anniversaries but the key challenge is for our leaders to walk the talk and live up to the same ideals and values that they espouse.…

…this should not be a cause of worry for potential investors in the Nigerian telecommunications industry, as the suspension of these licences should be seen from the perspective that it is meant to improve the sustainability of the various sub-segments…

In quantitative terms, it takes sunlight an average of eight minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the sun to the Earth. This is what scientists call the speed of light. This is also the corollary of happenings in the…

Early last year, just before the 2023 general elections, a video went viral on social media amid the hardship caused by the cash crunch. It showed a middle-aged man who initially struggled with English but quickly switched to Yoruba, angrily…

Since the Alliance for Democracy was founded in 1998, under which President Bola Tinubu became the governor of Lagos State in 1999, the key ideologies he and the party have pushed have been “restructuring” and “true federalism.” The two principles…

Crisis leaders are problem solvers. They can adjust plans, policies, and responses as new information is gathered or situations change. This means listening to stakeholders, voices of reason, and experts. The reoccurring question throughout this economic crisis is: Where are…

Cameron Hudson, an associate of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, complains that the “responsibility-to-protect” doctrine has been shelved. In the wake of the overthrow of Muammar Gadaffi in Libya, many now see it as a roadmap towards “regime…

An example of the OKOBI model in action is the Okpofe Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES) Multi-purpose Cooperatives in Ezinihitte Local Government Area of Imo State. The cooperative has about 90 members. Many of them are graduates. Instead of waiting for…

Professor Humphrey Nwosu With hindsight, I think it is fair to say that if General Babangida had had the slightest inkling that Nwosu’s Option A4 would be such a resounding success, he would not have allowed the polls to hold.…

“For I looked, and there was no man. I looked among them, but there was no counselor” (Isaiah 41:28) Of all the factors that enabled Adolf Hitler to plunge Germany, and ultimately the entire world into a bloody World War…

Five soldiers at a checkpoint in Aba were killed by gunmen of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on the 30th of May, who also burnt their operational van. The outlaws had been driving around the city in their enforcement…