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Bua group: The other side of the story

By FEMI ADESINA The common, and perhaps, popular narrative for political, baleful and pernicious reasons, is for people to say that the Muhammadu Buhari administration has run down the economy of the country completely since its advent in 2015. The…

‘I still believe in Buhari’

By FEMI ADESINA To be troubled in trouble is to have your trouble doubled, so goes a saying. And for Hassan Usman, a lawyer, it didn’t just rain on March 28, this year, it poured. He was not only onboard…

Dark clouds over the economy

By  Dakuku Peterside . Rome is burning, and Emperor Nero and Roman elites are busy revelling in gladiator rendezvous and despicable hocus-pocus with the empire’s future. The leadership in Nigeria is playing Nero, and the Nigerian elites are side-tracked by…

SDGs MILESTONES

….N24 billion disbursed to States, 732 water facilities, 494 health facilities, 616 schools built, yet some people say Buhari is not working By FEMI ADESINA It’s an eternal battle between light and darkness, truth and falsehood. In fact, they are…

Now that Abuja is under a siege

By Dakuku Peterside Once upon a time, Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital, was a serene and sprawling city that accommodated persons of all faith, social strata, and economic pursuits. Abuja, to the elite, offered an escape from insecurity, hustling, and bustling…

Osun: Buhari does it Again

By FEMI ADESINA Let me start with some clarifications. I’m from Osun State, and my homestead is Ipetumodu, in Ife North Local Government Area. And I am not Osun in Diaspora. I was born in Osogbo, capital of the State,…

Osun and 2023 Elections: Hope rising

By Dakuku Peterside . As we await the festival of elections in 2023, a few polls this year are increasingly signposting the nature and manner of the general elections. The last of these off-season state elections (Anambra, Ekiti and Osun)…