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A search through Google reveals that “a cop-out is an informal slang term for dodging responsibility, breaking a promise, or taking the easy way out to avoid something difficult or uncomfortable,” especially if one had pledged to do that same thing. In December 2022, a presidential candidate named Bola Tinubu told the Nigerian electorate, “If […]

The 2027 elections are just two months away, and nothing about the opposition tells you that they are serious and that they are ready to wrestle power from the ruling APC. The APC has a whopping 12.9 million registered members; the PDP has 2.4 million; the ADC has between 1.2 and 1.6 million; and the […]

If you were taken by surprise by the government’s announcement that it is abandoning the N15.6trn Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, you were paying insufficient attention.This project was always a ruse. A hoax. Because sadly, that is the DNA of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress.The Bola Tinubu government consistently reports and returns failures and collapse because it […]Read More

Death is a fact of life, no living thing exists forever, not even nature itself, for it is written that even the best and the brightest, shall pass to the Great Beyond, to become one with Nature and the Grand Architect, to be remembered on this side of the Divide, thereafter by their deeds. And […]

There is a question President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must answer before the 2027 presidential election: if he wants another four years in Aso Rock, why should Nigerians not expect him to stand before them, state by state, and defend his record? His decision not to accompany his campaign team to every state has ignited a […]

Nigeria must not trade its health sovereignty for foreign assistance. Before billions change hands and biological specimens leave its shores, the Tinubu administration must explain what the country stands to gain, what it risks losing, and who ultimately controls the bargain. There is a bitter irony in a nation seeking a cure for its broken […]

First, let me acknowledge that the nation is currently in mourning. I wish to use this opportunity to commiserate with the Nigerian Air Force and the families of the citizens whom we lost in the unfortunate plane crash in Igbokoda, Ogun State. May their souls find rest in the afterlife. Following President Bola Tinubu’s declaration […]

Exactly a week ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, now jokingly renamed a citizen of Kano with a Northern-sounding name Ashiru Bala Ahmadu Tanimu, whatever that means by former Governor Abdullahi Danguje, returned to Nigeria after a controversial 30-day so-called working leave in Europe. His 30-day working leave was in every sense a violation of the […]

Who else noticed that President Tinubu and Emmanuel Macron wore matching spotted ties at their dinner in Paris on September 17? Before you rush to Google it, let me tell you about Tinubu’s confession after one month in Europe. “I enjoyed myself. Fantastic,” were President Bola Tinubu’s first words to Nigerians on his Europe holiday […]

Five words. A political opinion. A slogan. A message of dissent. And now, in Maiduguri, those five words have become the centre of a controversy that goes far beyond five men and five T-shirts. The police say this is not about the shirts. They allege that the men were involved in conduct capable of causing […]

I think it is legitimate to ask if the controversy that trailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s so-called working vacation was inevitable. I personally don’t think so. The problem was as much with the message as it was with the messaging. This takes us back to the observation frequently made by critics of the president’s media […]

On October 1, Nigeria will once again raise the flag, sing the anthem and celebrate 66 years of independence. There will be speeches about resilience, unity, progress and the promise of a better tomorrow. There will be reflections on where we have been, where we are and where we hope to go. But perhaps, this […]