By Dakuku Peterside Last week, I extensively talked with a set of enterprising, upwardly mobile young men and women in Abuja. I chose to label that intera ctive session “lamentations of despairs.” These young people are your typical hustlers. That conversation centred…
By Dakuku Peterside Every new marriage comes with some level of excitement. This may be due to love, lust, anticipation, or newness. The everyday drudgery of living together and following the routines of life stifles excitement, and soon realities of…
By Dakuku Peterside In the sphere of presidential engagement and communication, Nigeria has had different shades of Presidents, from the docile and absent, laidback, garrison-style communication, taciturn, to the pragmatic. Each shade created the mood and tone of the presidency…
By Dakuku Peterside Democracy is taken for granted as the best form of government. At least the West told us so. We have also accepted it by default. We have tried multiple facets of democratic systems – parliamentary and presidential…
By Dakuku Peterside Last week I listened to or read the speech of at least a dozen newly elected Governors, and I must confess they were full of hazard warning signs ahead. Citizens have only one option – brace up…
By Dakuku Peterside Nigerians will pause today for the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as President and Vice President of the country, respectively. It will mark the end of one era, the Buhari-Osinbajo era, and the beginning of…
By Femi Adesina This has been a week of reflection, introspection, and rumination. It’s the last full week of a journey that started eight years ago. And like Yoruba people say, if you can ponder, then you will wonder, and…
By Dakuku Peterside Presidential transition periods are times of excitement, hope, apprehension, speculation, and drama. It is associated with chaos, complexity, and coordination challenges. The incumbent president is not only saddled with the task of leading the country but also…
By Femi Adesina A popular saying tells us that ‘there’s no good in goodbye.’ Really? I’ve been turning it round in my head, and I think there may actually be some good in goodbye. In fact, a lot of good.…
By Dakuku Peterside . Every Nigerian knows that we have an electricity problem. It has been a recurrent sound bite in development discourse in Nigeria post- indepe ndence. This challenge is generational and has defied all attempts in the past…
