The President’s Daughter And The Abuse Of Power
Just about a week after allegations surfaced that President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan Buhari, was the reason a Nigerian businessman named Mr Anthony Okolie was detained by the State Security Service (SSS), she seems to have been embroiled in yet another round of political scandal. Hanan Buhari was caught by paparazzi over the weekend alighting […]
January 15th: Armed Forces Remembrance Day
Today is Armed Forces Remembrance Day. 15th January of every year is very notable in Nigeria for two things: the end of the Nigerian Civil War and a day celebrated in remembrance of the Armed forces. However, our focus is on the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. Read more about the Nigerian Armed Forces Ab initio, […]
President Buhari has Signed the Finance Bill into Law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Finance Bill into law. The bill, which introduces significant changes to Nigeria’s tax rates and collections, should now come into effect across the sectors which it targets. The president announced the signing of the bill on Monday, via his Twitter handle. According to him, it was the first time […]
What 2020 Holds for Nigeria’s Political Sphere
The year 2019 – partly because its an election year – in Nigeria’s political terrain was quite eventful. But much of this eventfulness will be overshadowed by the reckoning which is to come in the year 2020. Next year will be the year that more Nigerians than it was precedented will wake up from their […]
Could It Be #OccupyNaija Season II Yet?
Once more in our time, there appears to be an ongoing tussle between online politics and the real politics where online politics tries to curbs the excesses of grassroots politics or motivates it. Ever since the social media and hate speech bills were introduced in the National Assembly, politicians and power brokers in the Nigerian […]
Budget 2020 and President Buhari’s Tall Dreams
On Tuesday, 8 October, President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2020 budget document to legislatures on the floor of the National Assembly. This yearly obligation, as it is known to be law when passed and second in authority only to the Nigerian constitution, is also very symbolic as it indicates a public presentation of the fact […]
How South Africa Carved A Favourable Deal Out Of Nigeria Despite Xenophobia
President Muhammadu Buhari returned from South Africa (SA) to Abuja on Friday, September 4, after a 3-day official visit to the Southern African nation. The deal which was signed at the 9th Bi-National Commission of South Africa and Nigeria, established in 1999 to enhance trade between the two countries, took place on the sidelines at […]
Atiku vs. Buhari: A Tribunal’s Verdict on a Contested Election
On Thursday, September 11, the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) sitting at the Court of Appeal premises in Abuja gave its verdict on the February 23 presidential elections where Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had asked that the election of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) be set […]
Do You Know The Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and their Port Folios
The appointment of ministers of the federal republic of Nigeria is something a lot of Nigerians looks forward to, given that the individuals proffer a sneak preview into what the possible outcomes of the different sectors of the Nation will become. Though there is no fixed formula for producing the nomination and appointment of Ministers, […]
Nigeria Has Signed Up for Africa’s Trillion Dollar Free Trade Agreement
After months of holding out against growing pressure, Nigeria has finally signed up for the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement. News of this broke on Sunday, 7th July 2019 after the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari added his signature to that of 52 other heads of state who had already agreed to lead their nations to […]
Goodluck Jonathan Calls on Buhari to Implement the 2014 National Conference Report
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revived the long-dead call for the implementation of the National Conference report which took place between the months of March and August 2014. While speaking at the public presentation of a book in honour of Senator Femi Okurounmu, he stressed that implementing the report would go a long way in […]
Another Round of a ‘Baba Go Slow’ Administration
Just last week, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), said it has sued the Buhari-led government to a Federal High Court for keeping some of the aides who served in his first term without appointing them. In a dramatic response, less than 24 hours later, a statement from the presidency read that those same […]
The Fate of the Electoral Act Bill 2018
The ping-pong the Presidency and the National Assembly have been playing for some time on the Electoral Act Bill has finally taken an ominous turn. Shadowing the annulled 1993 election season, the fate of this bill could either make or mar the nation depending on how carefully it is handled. The Electoral Act Bill 2018 […]
Super Eagles Make AFCON Qualification
On Saturday, November 17, 2018, the Super Eagles of Nigeria seized their qualification ticket into the final round of the ongoing 2019 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers. One goal made all the difference for the Eagles, who booked their spot in the AFCON final showdown in Cameroon for the first time in three years — […]
Nigerian Politicians and the Certificate Mess
There has been a lot of furore generated recently when the issue of President Buhari’s WASSCE certificate was dug up again. In fact, it was the president himself and some of his aides who dug further into the controversy as he got the Registrar from West African Examination Council (WAEC) headquarters in Ghana, Iyi Uwadiae, […]
ThrowBack Thursday: Umaru Dikko and the Tale of a Bundled Human Cargo
It was a subtle reminder of the famous Umaru Dikko incident recently when a news medium reported that Alhaji Lai Mohammed threatened that the Israeli government should release the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, or face consequences. Thirty-four years after the government-sanctioned Umaru Dikko kidnap attempt, one wonders which tide turned in history. Only that on […]