He's popularly described as the head of the kitchen cabinet of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government.
He's not just Buhari's nephew. He recently spoke glowingly with passion how he grew up with the President, saying: "My father was their mother’s firstborn. Buhari is the last born.”
That's the kind of...
By Sanmi Obasa
Nigerian government officials at federal and states level are often heard making passionate presentation about doing everything possible to make it easy for investors and entrepreneurs to carry out their activities of producing and growing the economy. In this mode, they cast a genuine desire to achieve...
Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defeated Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to secure another four-year term as governor of Edo State.
Obaseki was returned elected after scoring highest number of votes in the Saturday poll, said the Returning Officer for Edo State governorship...
By Dapo Akande
Free provision of food and water. Atypical orderly queues. Free medical care. Free legal representation. Spontaneous crowdfunding to purchase a prosthetic leg for a female amputee protester who refused to be deterred. Fund raising target was N1.5m in one month. N4.1m raised in three hours. Lesson; accompany...
In the first part of this article, published on October 1st, Nigeria's 60th independence day, an assessment of the nation's progress so far in governance, and impact of military intervention was discussed.
One other critical area of assessment is policy making.
Many times government had come up with policies that put...
By Oladapo Akande
I remember the mid 1990s Pirelli advert where the world famous Italian tyre brand introduced it's iconic slogan for the first time. The advert featured my school boy hero and one of the greatest Olympians of all time, the incomparable Carl Lewis. Not only did he sport...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have expressed sadness over the death of a member of the Governor's Advisory Council (GAC) of Lagos State APC, Lanre Razaq, who passed away on Saturday morning at the age of...
By Sanmi Obasa
Nigerian government is talking about removal of subsidy on oil products and deregulation of the sector again. This issue is always ever with us. Though the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its civil society partners campaigned against it the last time it came up in 2012, it’s...