•Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike ‘A federation university abandoned by its owners’ The question no one in Abuja wants to ask: Who will protect the University of Abuja? Not a rhetorical question. A constitutional question. A moral question. A question of survival. On June 30, 2025, the Minister of the Federal [&hell...
•Tinubu and Atiku In what appears as a masterstroke political move, Abba Atiku Abubakar, the son of a former vice president and leading opposition figure, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has jettisoned his father’s ADC to pitch his tent in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political party in the build up to the 2027 general election. Honourable Abba ...
•Tinubu and Oyedele Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele’s @taiwoyedele defence of President @officialABAT’s proposed $21.7 billion external borrowing plan has raised questions that cannot be answered by describing debt as investment. The minister says: “This is investment, not borrowing.” But money obtained from lenders and repayable with int...
A political earthquake is shaking up the road to 2027: a powerful coalition of federal agency heads has officially formed to spearhead President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election campaign. This unprecedented alignment of institutional heads represents the most strategic and formidable innovation yet ahead of the next general elections. Under the...
•Tinubu In his broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 66TH Independence anniversary, President Bola Tinubu raised several issues pointing to his assessment of his track record in office since May 29 2023 and the future he envisages for the country. Themed ‘From Reforms to Prosperity’, the text was vintage Tinubu – evocative in content and delivered with ...
Men are the strongest allies when protecting their philandering interests. Alex, an industrialist in his 60s recognized his first son’s potential as a businessman when he made brilliant success of his secondary school exams. Getting him a place in one of the universities abroad was a doddle. As soon as he finished his masters degree […]...
•Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State and NSCDC Commandant-General, Ahmed Audi The pathetic story by an eye witness regarding the death of 37 artisanal miners in Niger State on September 17, is troubling and raises questions as to the value placed on the lives of Nigerians. According to Section 33(1) of the 1999 constitution as […]...
•Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike From all indications, including his directives on the ‘no vacancy’ policy for the promotion of eligible teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, as the Minister of the FCT, seems to have resolved to keep creating scenarios that would make the teachers lo...
•Atiku and Tinubu Nigeria does not need a return to the corrupt subsidy regime of the past. It needs a production-based subsidy that puts Nigerian refineries, Nigerian jobs and Nigerian consumers first. There comes a point in every government’s life when explanations cease to matter and results become the only language citizens are prepa...
•Late Herbert Wigwe Dr. Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe, the late banker, entrepreneur and philanthropist, would have turned 60 today, Saturday, August 15, 2026, leaving behind a legacy that continues to influence banking, education, healthcare and youth development in Nigeria and beyond. Wigwe, who rose to become one of Africa’s leading financial exe...

