Makoko: When Government Becomes The Oppressor
Makoko clings to the edge of Lagos Lagoon like a prayer whispered over water. For more than a century, this fishing community has been home to the Egun people –…
Makoko clings to the edge of Lagos Lagoon like a prayer whispered over water. For more than a century, this fishing community has been home to the Egun people –…
Atiku Abubakar has long reached retirement age. In fact, it has been more than three decades since he retired from the Nigerian Customs Service, diving straight into politics, and contesting…
It’s official. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has parted ways with Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, his longtime mentor, boss and political godfather. This comes after 30 years of mentorship in the Kwankwaso…
A 30-Year-Long Political Contest It now seems like a century ago when President Bola Tinubu uttered the words emi lokan in the lead up to the 2023 presidential election. It…
It is therefore disturbing that instead of honouring the terms of his bail and submitting himself to lawful investigation, Mr. Malami has chosen the path of public sympathy-seeking, insinuations, and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Lagos State governor had appointed DSP Kayode Egbetokun his Chief Security Officer, a role the police officer would serve in for about six years…
Nigerians now have a new civic duty – to police the police for the government. It has become necessary because the government cannot be sure that its order for policemen…
There is tension across the nation. President Bola Tinubu feels and knows it. Not that we haven’t experienced worrying insecurity before. There is just an added pressure and focus from…
Everything is being done to bury the People’s Democratic Party. Its governors have been cajoled to abandon the platform that brought them to power. The ruling All Progressives Congress has…
US President Donald Trump was traveling when he caught a programme on his favourite Fox News about the targeting of Christians in Nigeria by Islamic terrorist groups. CNN reports, “The…