Category: OPINION

President-Elect, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a statement titled ‘Nigeria: At the Cusp of Renewed Hope’ issued on Thursday, March 16, 2023, spoke on his commitment to greater Nigeria, his plan to form a government of national competence not national unity, his counsel to the opposition, naira policy, and why Nigerians must prioritise the country. As your incoming president, I accept the task before me. There has been talk of a government of national unity. My aim is higher than that. I seek a government of…

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Even his political detractors acknowledge that something has changed in Nigeria’s politics with Peter Obi’s emergence on the national scene. By Promise Adiele This is not a critical dissection of the recently concluded presidential election in Nigeria, an exercise globally acclaimed as a collective assault on the humanity of Nigerians and their civic beings. That political obscenity, through coordinated acts of criminality, raped the intelligence of Nigerians, summarily calling to question those who populate our public service and security apparatuses. The reactions following the elections have been seething and hysterical,…

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By Stanley Olisa It is incontrovertible that Nigeria’s aviation industry is laden with humongous challenges, ranging from forex crunch, fuel crisis, inadequate technical manpower, statutory bottlenecks, etc, making it tough for airlines to stay afloat and sustain themselves. These factors, coupled with other internal drawbacks, have led to the untimely demise of some indigenous airlines while some others are still grappling to survive. But the technical vibrancy and operational consistency, which Air Peace, barely nine years old, has demonstrated, give local and foreign aviation analysts and the larger global community…

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By Sheriffdeen Tella The major thought of every powerless Nigerian is how to survive without cash in the next minutes or next second because of government ad hoc monetary policy on currency redesign. According to the Act that sets up the Central Bank of Nigeria, the only institution that can print the domestic currency is the CBN. Those who designed the Act were conscious of the danger of allowing multiple issuers but never envisaged that such an important task can be carried out without proper caution and consideration for its…

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By Emeka Obasi Those who believe in 2023 as year of Igbo Renaissance must put on their thinking caps, discrimination and division are vicious tools aimed at killing the idea before time. Drums of exclusiveness from a few conservatives East of the Niger are disturbing to the ear. No matter where you come from, as long as you have the identity, you are an Igbo man. The Southeast geo- political zone is just homeland. Ndigbo are found all over the globe from Delta to Rivers State of Nigeria. Africa is…

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By Emeka Alex Duru February 25, 2023 may have gone. But it counts among the dates with significances in Nigeria’s history. Others are October 1, 1960, the Independence Day; January 15, 1966, the day Nigeria witnessed its first military coup; June 12, 1993, the day Nigerians filed out for what had been considered the freest election in the country, but the outcome was truncated. February 25, 2023, has entered that league. It was a day of Nigeria’s presidential election; the day that the hopes by Nigerians for enthroning enduring democratic…

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By Moses Oludele Idowu Let me begin by way of clarification: I am not a card- carrying member of any party and have no loyalty to anyone. My loyalty is to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Of late I have been inundated with several calls, posts and solicitations imploring me to support the re-election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the All Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State. The way these calls and posts and bombardments through various formats and platforms are staged it is like…

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By Lasisi Olagunju The 2023 presidential election in Nigeria is not the worst in human history. That dubious reputation belongs in Liberia where, in 1927, the then President Charles D.B. King scored 234,000 votes out of a total of 15,000 registered voters. The victor was also kind enough to give his opponent 9,000 votes as a mark of fairness and justice. That uncommon feat is naturally in the Guinness Book of World Records. We in Nigeria have not reached that enviable height. We will get there one day, soon. But…

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By Kazeem Akintunde The 2023 presidential election has come and gone. It is now time to do a postscript and examine issues that define the poll. One of those issues is the dismal number of voters that turned out to cast their ballots. On February 25, 2023, a little above 24 million Nigerians went to the poll to elect a new president. This dismal number is far less than the 93.4 million Nigerians that registered to vote. Many Nigerians are shocked by the low turnout of voters on election day…

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