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During an interview on Channels TV on Monday, Professor Wole Soyinka responded to critics who have been taunting him to “say something” about the present administration. In the interview, he said, “People should stop trying to work on my timetable for me. I had not swallowed an alarm clock. I don’t see why I should […]
Continue Reading“Everything is my business. Everything. Anything I say is law…literally law.” Barbara Geddes, et al in their How dictatorship works (2018) quoted Malawian dictator, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, as having once said the above. In Nigeria of a little more than a week ago, they all came in quick successions: A National Assembly where the libido ran riot; a son […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. President Tinubu had, on March 18, declared the emergency rule in Rivers State, citing Section 305(5) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended), and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s demonstrably unconstitutional suspension of the elected leaders of Rivers State and his illegal imposition of a retired military lickspittle as sole administrator in the exercise of his otherwise constitutional privilege to declare a state of emergency in any part of the country is the latest addition in a long list of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s House of Representatives has voted in support of the declaration of a state of emergency rule in Rivers State, Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Prof. Ngozi Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months […]
Continue ReadingPress statement by suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara on the state of emergency declared in Rivers State: My dear Rivers People, I address you today with a deep sense of responsibility and calm, as we navigate this unfortunate moment in our state’s political history. Since assuming office as your Governor, all my actions and decisions have […]
Continue ReadingTEXT OF THE BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE ON TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2025 Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Youth Service Corps authorities have remained silent over the allegation of threats levelled against it by a Lagos-based female corper, Ushie Uguamaye, also known as Raye, for criticising President Bola Tinubu and his government. In a now-viral video shared on her TikTok account, “talktoraye,” on Saturday, Uguamaye had expressed frustration over Nigeria’s worsening […]
Continue ReadingAmong the shiny new universities President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has established is the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies in Iragbiji, Osun State. Now, Iragbiji, as legend has it, is Tinubu’s birthplace, which he has spent decades treating like a dark family secret. Could this be his way of finally coming out of the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has authorised the relocation of 29 of the Nigerian correctional centres across the country as part of ongoing efforts to modernise the nation’s custodial facilities. Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, confirmed this development during the commissioning of 39 newly acquired vehicles and five bullet-resistant guard booths for the Nigerian Correctional […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja signed into law two bills establishing the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State, and the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State, Tinubu stated that these specialised institutions would address the educational needs of the populace while driving research and […]
Continue ReadingAs Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu had a reputation for squeezing water from a stone by extracting taxes from even the most unlikely people. Stories still abound in Lagos of how menacing tax collectors forced struggling market women and small and micro businesses to pay taxes. For Tinubu, the end always justifies the means. And the […]
Continue ReadingSince he became president in May 2023, Bola Tinubu has enjoyed nothing more than hiring and firing people. A week hardly passes without Tinubu making one public appointment or another, which shows the enormous patronage power of the Nigerian president. But equally, Tinubu has fired more people on grounds of corruption in less than two years in […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 general election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said that President Bola Tinubu has removed himself from power a long time ago; stressing that what the SDP is doing is charting a future course for the country’s growth and development. Adebayo, who is also the leader […]
Continue ReadingAlthough 2025 has only just begun, the Machiavellian maneuvers and the increasingly tensile, high-decibel political shrieks being emitted by politicians about the 2027 election might lead one to believe that the election will take place next year. Of all the political realignments that are forming preparatory to the 2027 election, it’s the unity in political […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned from his visit to Tanzania. Tinubu concluded his visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where he joined other African leaders to participate in the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit. According to the State House media office, the presidential aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja at […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu’s recent announcement to unbundle the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State, into six geo-political zones is an important landmark in Nigeria’s journey towards true federalism and regionalism, which lies not in the constitutional or institutional structure, but in the society itself. This move will go a long way in […]
Continue ReadingIf, by the end of his tenure, Bola Tinubu did not activate a socio-political orientation programme, he would have become the first president since 1983 to buck the trend. Civilian and military presidents have had one “ethical revolution” project or the other; so far, it is unclear whether Tinubu will sustain the trend. To clarify […]
Continue ReadingLagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reinstate 38 Nigerian Army officers who were retired prematurely eight years ago. Falana, counsel for the 38 soldiers, also urged Tinubu to take judicial notice of the fact that the then administration of President Muhammadu Buhari refused to comply with […]
Continue Reading‘Titanic’ can mean something that is very big, gigantic or enormous and it was also the name of a ship that sank on its maiden voyage. When the Titanic sank in 1912 it sank due to a number of avoidable factors: a ship deemed unsinkable that wasn’t fitted with watertight compartments, a ‘unprofessional’ seasoned captain […]
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