By Dr. Jimoh OLOREDE For emphasis, Nigeria’s total public debt stock as at 2023 when President Bola Tinubu, GCFR, assumed office, was N87.91 trillion, according to the Debt Management Office (DMO). What an inheritance! Truly, uneasy lies the head that…
By Henry Kelechukwu Eni-Otu, Esq The Supreme Court’s landmark judgement on July 11, 2024, has been widely celebrated across Nigeria, especially for affirming financial autonomy and other critical principles, including the security of the office for elected local government chairmen.…
By Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq We are relieved to have secured the release of Mr. Surajo Asimiyu, known as Baba Ibeji, an indigent Nigerian who was detained by the Nigerian Police for approximately eighty days without a single charge against him…
By Amb Okereke Nnamdi Nwafor In a historic decision, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of federal government-backed local government autonomy, declaring it unconstitutional for state governors to withhold funds intended for local government administrations. This judgement marks a…
By Seyi Bakare On July 2, one of the netizens on a social media hate campaign against the Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, over Ogun roads, Hauwa Allahbura (@HauwaAllahbura), wrote on X: “Ministry of Works Budget in 2024 N480mn.…
By Jimoh Olorede, PhD A keen analytical observation would show Nigeria had, in 1999, only returned to thievocracy, which is also known as kleptocracy, and not democracy. The simple, common, widely-accepted definition of democracy as a system of consent of…
By Jimoh Olorede, PhD A keen analytical observation would show Nigeria had, in 1999, only returned to kleptocracy, and not democracy. The simple, common, widely-accepted definition of democracy as a system consent of the governed is “government of the people,…
By Dakuku Peterside In the past ten years, the South-East and North-East geopolitical zones, more than other geopolitical zones, have been sites of experiments on insecurity and militia reign. Either terrorists, kidnappers, or militias were testing the will of the…
By Seye Abodunrin One of the greatest challenges facing Nigeria since independence is shortage of infrastructural development, especially the issue of deplorable road network. Many of those roads and bridges that were built by the colonial administration and military regime…
By Dr Jimoh Olorede Tomorrow, Thursday, Idris Abdulkadir Auditorium of the National University Commission (NUC) in the Federal Capital City of Abuja, will be agog as the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, inaugurates the…
