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It is very unfortunate that we have not noticed the concerted efforts, determination to undermine the office of the auditor-general of the federation (through the recent budgetary downplaying of the 2023 budgetary appropriation for the office of the auditor-general) Oluwole Oke, Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts Ordinarily, a nation’s determination, even sense of […]

When was the last time you, as a Nigerian voter, rejoiced that the choices you made at the last election led to the consequences that you were expecting? In other words, were the expectations you had in voting for candidate A, B or C, fulfilled or were they tremendously dashed? These questions signpost the discussion […]

There is an urgent need to implement the 2012 Oronsaye Report. Most agencies exist only as conduits for corruption. Prof Banji Oyeyinka, Senior Special Adviser on Industrialization to the President of the African Development Bank, at a public lecture on Friday, November 11, 2022 Politics and governance are two identical twins which closely resemble each […]

As a country, we hardly pay attention to the most important things. On the contrary, we are often occupied with trivial, age-long divisions and matters of that nature which as mindset are not very different from fiddling while Rome burns. That is why, for instance, the nation’s cash cow, the oil sector, can be in […]

If a government will dedicate the entire resources and budget on security to ensure that everybody sleeps in his house…go to the President and say I have secured my state…I don’t have any money, will you please support me with N20bn, N30bn…The President will do that. Former Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, on Newsnight, Channels […]

In the current campaign season, there have been a lot of emphases on issue-based campaigns from especially various stakeholders. One of the reasons this columnist presumes why the calls have been resonant is that, in a fragile polity such as ours, a descent into bedlam, hate speeches, indecent language can easily fray the fabric of […]

Any politician who tells you that it will be easy to rebuild governance in 2023 (after the elections) is either lying to you or does not understand what job he has gotten Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, 14th Emir of Kano, at the Kaduna Investment Summit on October 14, 2022 Two recent events; first, the hard hitting […]

In order not to sound like a killjoy, let me begin by congratulating all the distinguished citizens of Nigeria, and “Friends of Nigeria,” who were decorated with national honours of various categories on Tuesday this week at the International Conference Centre, FCT, Abuja. In point of fact, this year’s list of honourees is refreshingly diversified […]

This week, education is very much in the air. First, with the celebration of World Teachers’ Day on Wednesday and second, with the ongoing and over seven-month strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Regrettably, World Teachers’ Day has been converted into ceremonies characterised by marches and official rhetoric, promising to upgrade the welfare […]