Crisismax at Christmas
Jesus’ unknown birth-day would be marked worldwide amidst joy and fanfare except at his birthplace, Bethlehem.
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Reduced Hope: Tinubu Presents a 36% less Annual Budget for 2024
The same shortfall in total revenue in 2022 occurred in 2021. Although an N8.4 trillion revenue was projected for that year, only N6.3 trillion was realised.
Russia’s Grim Gaze on Gaza (2)
Responding to his G20 colleague’s abhorrence of his country’s continued destruction of Ukraine in a meeting on Wednesday, President Putin verbally regretted the tragedy of the war he started.
Governance Traps: Tinubu in the Tale of Two Capitals
Six months into his government now from Abuja, some of those who believed in him are beginning to doubt his capacity to demonstrate his development craft at the national level.
Russia’s Grim Gaze on Gaza
Could it be that a third of countries in the United Nations are telling Russia to look at the man in the mirror?
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On Legitimacy and Legacy: Tinubu’s head and Troubles ahead (3)
Besides the high food inflation rate, the high population growth rate could also be responsible for Nigeria’s food insecurity.
Life: Nasty, Brutish, and Short
The October 7 attack by Hamas took Israel by surprise and resulted in the death and injury of hundreds of soldiers and civilians, with dozens of hostages taken. Israel quickly mounted a retaliatory operation and declared war on Hamas. The two sides have since engaged in daily rocket fire, with Israel ordering over a million Palestinians to evacuate.
Tinubu’s Trail of Male-Male Tickets: An October Throwback
To perpetuate males and preclude females from private and public sector governance comes at a huge cost to companies and the country. The 2023 policy thrust of national and subnational governments needs to veer off this male-chauvinistic trajectory.
Naira, Naija, and Nigeria at 63
It is ironic now that the countries Nigerians now troop into for refuge from the Naira are those that still bow to the British Crown.
Mohbad: Music, Money, and Morbid Moments
In the last three decades, Nigerian artists achieved global recognition. These include artists like Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti, Made Kuti, Tiwa Savage, Tems, Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy, among others.
Big Brother Benin: On Journalists, Jihadists, and Jurists
Yes, Jihadists are freer in Nigeria than in Benin, going by how long terrorists have thrived in Nigeria compared to Benin.
Coup de théâtre, Coup d’état, and a Couple’s broken heart
Gabon’s coup plotters rode on the wave of recent coups in Francophone Africa. But this is a twist of the whole anti-France narrative. According to the Medium’s Fidelis Ndeh-Che, Gabon’s coup was actually a pro-France coup.
India on the Moon: Ìsẹ́, Isẹ́, and Ìsẹ̀se
Yet governments who fuel their national carriers to outer space, who fund pilgrimage to uncharted celestial lands go all the way for a reason.
Ode to Ode: To merry or to marry
Marriage can be too early such that it distorts a child’s process of full self-discovery and set them on a course of intergenerational poverty and integral pain.
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A civilian C-in-C faces war within and without
The country needs effective governance and regional cooperation to navigate through these turbulent times and emerge as a stable and prosperous nation once again.