Jonathan embarks on phantom post-mortem
Like everything else about President Goodluck Jonathan’s approach to critical issues, his post-mortem of the general elections is as superficial as his shambolic reelection campaign. Last Thursday,...
View ArticleMajor agenda for Buhari
After voting the All Progressives Congress (APC) into office on March 28, Nigerians will not be able to resist the urge to set agenda for the in-coming government of Muhammadu Buhari. There will indeed...
View ArticleOkonjo-Iweala and states’ unpaid salaries
No one is certain what the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, hoped to achieve when she explained why some states were unable to pay workers’ salaries when they fell due. The federal government,...
View ArticlePDP’s moment of angst
Led by the vituperative and mendacious Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, many top Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) officials have started to call for the heads of their party’s National Working Committee...
View ArticleRedefining political persecution and national cleansing
In his controversial remarks at a farewell and thanksgiving service held in his honour in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan, among other dubieties, prepared the minds of his ministers and aides for...
View ArticleBoko Haram and our mercenaries
Shortly before President Goodluck Jonathan’s government announced the postponement of the general elections initially scheduled for February 14, there were speculations the elections might not hold...
View ArticleAs Buhari assumes office in the worst of times
President Goodluck Jonathan should be leaving office in a blaze of glory, as they say, buoyed by the immense though undeserving goodwill he garnered from conceding defeat to Muhammadu Buhari, his...
View ArticleMu’azu, first scapegoat of PDP’s failure
Once the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost the last presidential election, it was anticipated there would be mayhem in the party, part of it manifesting in exaggerated hysteria. What no one was sure...
View ArticleStar-studded federal and state governments
With the principled and determined President Muhammadu Buhari elected in March and sworn in last Friday, there is hope that the problems confronting Nigeria would meet more than their match. The...
View ArticleBuhari’s businesslike speech
As far as speeches go, President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaugural speech was not his most creative or inspiring. And even though quite remarkably he delivered it much better than he had done in recent...
View ArticleAPC’s teething and identity battles
In a day or two, it will be clear how successfully the two-year-old All Progressives Congress (APC) has fought the many battles confronting it without fissuring dangerously or setting the stage for...
View ArticleDebating Buhari’s speed
Barely one week into President Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency, Nigerians have become embroiled in a debate over whether he is cautiously forging ahead or making haste slowly. They want to see action,...
View ArticleSaraki and APC’s seething cauldron
It was clear from the beginning that the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders were deeply suspicious of Senator Bukola Saraki, and were unwilling to have him elected as the Senate President of the...
View ArticleSaraki’s consolidation trips
Among the few trips Senate President Bukola Saraki has undertaken since he emerged president of the senate, his visits to former military head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and former president,...
View ArticleTime for Buhari to inspire and set the tone
While addressing Nigerians in South Africa during his last African Union (AU) trip, President Buhari wondered why Nigerians were so anxious to see him appoint his ministers. He would do so eventually,...
View ArticleAPC’s unsteady gait
Of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is honest enough to admit it, the party will confess it is reeling under the weight of two major problems, the resolution of which will determine its future and...
View ArticleAPC lucky to face crises early
Last Friday’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) merely attempted to paper over the cracks in the party. But Nigerians want the ruling party and their...
View ArticleMu’azu, first scapegoat of PDP’s failure
Once the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost the last presidential election, it was anticipated there would be mayhem in the party, part of it manifesting in exaggerated hysteria. What no one was sure...
View ArticleStar-studded federal and state governments
With the principled and determined President Muhammadu Buhari elected in March and sworn in last Friday, there is hope that the problems confronting Nigeria would meet more than their match. The...
View ArticleBuhari’s businesslike speech
As far as speeches go, President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaugural speech was not his most creative or inspiring. And even though quite remarkably he delivered it much better than he had done in recent...
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