Last week, we highlighted certain cankerworms that have eaten very deep into the fabrics of the Nigerian society and which the in-coming Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration must address head-on and overcome if he is to succeed where the outgoing administration of retired Major-General Muhammadu Buhari has failed woefully. We mentioned crude oil theft: According to the Nigerian Extractive Industries …

Parroted as the man who owns Gatwick and former adviser to the United States President Donald Trump, an iconic investor was in town. His visit was fortuitous but nonetheless memorable. He had come to bury his equally well-decorated father, Nigeria’s first Professor of Medicine, Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi, who passed on a little shy of his centennial birthday. Our August visitor …

Many Nigerians were intrigued by the prospect of witnessing the inauguration of the first female governor. They looked forward to Senator Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru Ahmed ascending the ‘throne’ of power in Yola, Adamawa State, in the northeastern region of Nigeria. Before the 18th March, 2023 state election, there were hushed hopes and wild permutations of the woman able to break …

It’s truly, very sad to recall that Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Nigeria’s second democratically elected president of the Fourth Republic, set aside History from the curriculum of second school education in 2009. The alibi was that students were avoiding the subject because there were few jobs for History graduates, and a concomitant dearth of instructors. He might have been correct about …

All things are now ready. Last week, I wrote about the cleaning and clearing of my office in State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The job is now done, and as a bride waits for her groom, the office now expects its next occupant, the Adviser on Media to the incoming President. That event is now about 38 days away. William …

Hadiza Bala Usman’s new book, “Stepping on Toes,” is a cautionary tale for anyone hoping to work in public service in Nigeria, particularly in the Federal Government. It’s an incredible story by the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) of how to break your heart, if not your spirit, in public service. In Nigeria, public service is a big …

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has felicitated Muslims on this year’s Eid-al-Fitri, which marks the conclusion of the month of fasting – the Holy month of Ramadan. Tinubu’s wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, also extended greetings to her constituents in the Lagos Central district which she has been representing in the upper legislative chamber since 2011. The President-elect thanked Allah for the …

Going through heaps of files, old newspapers and other records in my library a few days ago, I came across pieces of unsolicited advice I had offered mint-new President Muhammadu Buhari on how he could make a success of his tenure as the country’s fourth president circa the Fourth Republic, which started its run in 1999. One of the materials, …

What played out last weekend in Adamawa State during the supplementary gubernatorial poll can best be described as attempts by desperate politicians to subvert democracy and undermine the will of the people. The electoral heist must be totally condemned in all its ramifications. In the show of shame in broad daylight, the whole world was shocked to see the Resident …

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar on Tuesday reminded the Muslims to pay Zakat ul Fitr in line with the practice of the Holy Prophet. Sultan Abubakar said the stipulated practice is to give out the prescribed measurement to beneficiaries in the last two days of Ramadan …