A non-governmental organization, Journalists Against Corruption (JAC) have asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call the governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo to order, over what it termed “obstruction of the statutory functions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the bid by the EFCC to arrest and prosecute the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Mr. …

Compassion is an intrinsic value of leadership. Where there is compassion in leadership, there is healing, solidarity, and community. Leadership exists not in a vacuum but in the furtherance of ideals, welfare, and the protection of lives and property. A show of compassion is an affirmation of that critical essence of leadership – to serve the people. An unforgiving flood …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for the United States to attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The President had earlier directed the Vice President to lead the Nigerian delegation to the high-level global forum, while he focuses on addressing pressing domestic issues, including the recent devastating flood disaster. During the session, Shettima will …

There is a shadowy group of powerful Nigerians once described as the “owners of Nigeria”. They can be counted on our fingertips – not more than five of them. If you add their foot soldiers, then, they may be up to 10 or a dozen. They decide who rules and who does not. They decide the direction the country goes …

One by one, three Nigerian former military rulers, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, arrived at Babangida’s Hilltop Mansion in Minna, Niger State, last Sunday. So did former National Security Adviser (NSA), General Aliyu Gusau. The Minna meeting had every trapping of African witches assembling at the coven. Like owls, a pervasive symbol of African witchcraft, did they …

On Friday, 12 July 2024, in this space under the title, “Inside Tinubu’s Republic of Hunger”, we drew attention at the rate Nigerians were pummeled by poverty and hunger. Part of the observations was that almost all the failed portions of internal roads in major cities, were being taken over by colony of women, at times with children, begging for …

President Bola Tinubu announced a disaster relief fund on Monday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to assist Nigerian citizens impacted by floods and other disasters. He said the relief fund is already expedient as the climate becomes more unpredictable and many places in the country are vulnerable to its vagaries. Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who accompanied the Nigerian leader …

It takes decisive leadership to roll back the forays of terror. Terror understands the language of terror. The recent successful operations of Nigeria’s security forces across the country bear a defining mark of resolute leadership. Last Thursday, troops of Operation Hadarin Daji made a quick delivery. They dispatched terrorist leader, Halilu Sububu, and his gang of death-dealers in a five-star …

President Bola Tinubu will return to Abuja on Sunday, following his official visit to China and his short stay in the United Kingdom. In a statement on Saturday evening, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga recalled that President Tinubu left Abuja for Beijing, China, on 29 August. The statement read: “He started his official …

President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the new report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on the country’s trade balance. According to the report, Nigeria recorded another trade surplus in the second quarter of 2024, hitting N6.95 trillion. The current surplus is 6.60% higher than the N6.52 trillion surplus recorded in the first quarter. Just days after the country recorded …