Just of recent, I ventilated my view on the knotty issue of treatment of ‘politically exposed persons’ as it affects the quality of leadership in Africa (See my column in The Daily Sun Newspaper of 5th September 2024 “The western conspiracy against good governance in Africa https://thesun.ng/the-western-conspiracy-against-good-governance-in-africa/”). In that intervention, I examined the [...]
Enforcement of laws is the most paramount in the affairs of a country. Without law and order, no country progresses. A country can have the best of laws, in quality and volume but still, operates as a jungle. This occurs where the laws only exist in the books and not in [...]
Some few months ago, I had cause to comment on the activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) in a very innocent and objective manner. Hardly had I published the discourse than I was taken up by the spokesman of the company, alleging my ignorance of the subject. As [...]
Politics and governance in Nigeria are an interesting spectacle. All over the civilized world, politics and governance are a means to serve, impact on society positively and write one’s name in gold. They are two activities that can be used as a barometer of how developed a society is or aspiring [...]
In the past, I have had cause to comment on the official and unofficial misconducts pervading our various airports, particularly in Lagos and Kano. The situation was so bad then that it took the intervention of the erstwhile Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osibajo, GCON, SAN, [...]
It in this regard that I have some commendations for the Inspector General of Police who has, in further proof of his sterling records of brilliant performance in policing in Nigeria, has directed immediate investigation into this matter, probe the persons involved in the alleged malnutrition of the children and [...]
What really is unveiling in the last one week or thereabout is disturbing as allegation of compromise of the institution of judiciary has become a regular item in public discourse. While it is disturbing when such allegations are made during the election petitions period, it is more worrisome when the institution is [...]
This further underscores the significance of the institution. When, in spite of the greatness of the institution then, operators of the institution appear not to cherish the inherent virtue by denigrating it through their acts and conducts, it becomes shameful and saddening for all of us. In contemporary times, I [...]
That corruption is ‘killing’ Nigeria as a country is no news to all watchers of events in the country. As President Buhari once opined, ‘If we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill us’. He was contextually referring to the country and her inhabitants. Undoubtedly, this is a truism. Nigeria, beyond [...]
The plan worked as the Nigerian football team had to return home without a match and Libyan players were seen training in a show of pretence that the decision of Nigeria to return home was unwarranted. If Libya thought that this humiliating and jejune actions of theirs would end in [...]