For years, I’ve suppressed my reservations over the structure, wording, and choice of words used in writing rebuttals in the public domain. However, I couldn’t resist writing about the recent one involving the Supreme Court and Faroq Kperogi. As a public relations practitioner, I am appalled by the Supreme Court’s rebuttal to Faroq Kperogi’s editorial berating the Court on its …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) openly admitted of having mopped up over ₦2.1 trillion of the old ₦200, ₦500 and ₦1,000 notes. According to the apex bank, about ₦900 billion was still hiding away under pillows, sacks, in pits, pockets and streets, forests and homes around Nigeria. There’s a huge disparity between the quantum of money in circulation and …

It is gratifying to note that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the general elections will go ahead as scheduled despite the cash crunch and nationwide protests. Initially, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu expressed doubts due to the avoidable pains inflicted on Nigerians by unconscionable government officials days leading to the election. The general election to …

The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it – Karl Marx Last Friday as I engaged in my usual house chores of washing my dirty clothes to exercise my limbs, I heard a sermon. By His Grace, I do always and in several other places such as when having a …

The Obidient movement is the most defining factor in Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election but can it secure victory for Mr Peter Obi and turn the tide for a people seeking liberation from successive failed leadership? Nigeria is at a most critical crossroad in her history of post-colonial existence. Some 83 million voters are expected to determine the fate of 213 …

You have to give it to Samuel Ioraer Ortom, governor of the north central state of Benue. Benue is the geopolity which savours the bragging rights of being the “food basket” of the nation. For emphasis, you are embraced into Makurdi, capital of the state, by a humongous artistic simulation of the agrarian essence of the state, at the triangular …

It’s hard to imagine that it’s nearly eight years since. This time in 2015, I was over the moon with the prospects of a general election that was certain to end the government of President Goodluck Jonathan, which had lost its way. Folks were so excited at the prospects of change that in the South-West, a Yoruba version of “February” …

Penultimate week when President Muhammadu Buhari could no longer play King Nero over the twin evil of contrived fuel and self-inflicted Naira scarcity, he begged to be given the grace of seven days to sort out the mess, an all-time low no one had imagined Buhari could fall, despite that his incompetence and cluelessness is now everywhere beyond dispute. Last …

Followers of contemporary political developments are well aware of the lingering rift between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the G5 governors. In the aftermath of the PDP primary last May and the triumph of Atiku, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who came second in the contest, rallied “troops” from the ranks of his colleagues, …

The screening of airlines for the 2023 Hajj operation will commence in the first week of March, according to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCOH). At an interactive session with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, NAHCON Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan said that the commission was working assiduously to ensure that the 2023 Hajj operation was conducted smoothly …