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Have you seen This – Imports have reached N12 trillion with fuel and food items taking the…
In Q1 2024, total imports amounted to N12.64tn, marking a 39.65% surge from N9.05tn in Q4 2023 and a notable 95.53% increase from N6.47tn in Q1 2023.
In the latest Foreign Trade Statistics released by the NBS on Sunday, it was…
El-Rufai, June 12 and Abacha Woken from the Dead
By Festus Adedayo
Yesterday, General Sani Abacha clocked 28 years in the grave. Abacha’s sudden expiration at the thick of his maximal and maniacal rule reminds Nigerians, especially those who were old enough in 1998 when he…
Ekiti, Osun: Getting the Battle Lines Drawn
By abiodun KOMOLAFE
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the 2026 Ekiti and Osun governorship elections are less than 27 and 28 months respectively. In Osun State, it is believed in the All Progressives Congress (APC) family…
ZIK GBEMRE WEIGHS SOLDIERS KILLINGS: BETWEEN ABA AND OKUAMA
There is no justification for killing of any human being. I will always condemn killings, kidnapping, robberies and every heinous crime, every offence no matter who and what is involved.
Governor Alex Otti of Abia state has…
Tinubu’s Bragging Right and his 200 Needles
By Festus Adedayo
In Africa, when a man loses his virility, he is subject of scorn, ridicule and disdain. Male impotence or infertility is not only disdained but tabooed. In a continent where child-making is almost an…
Kano Emirate and the Irony of Innocence
By abiodun KOMOLAFE
There is a ticking time bomb in Kano and President Bola Tinubu has to move in quickly in a statesmanlike way to diffuse it. If centuries of upholding the tradition have brought peace to the ancient city just…
Emir Sanusi and the Battle of Kwatarkwashi
By Festus Adedayo
The duo of Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano State, and the Nigerian presidency stand the risk of plunging Kano back into the year 1893. Their weapon would be politics and votes of the over 2 million people of…
Democracy, Governance and Credible Elections (2)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE
Let’s come to the issues of recruitment and selection. All over the world, leadership is what changes history. Think of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov,…
Fubara’s Matured Jungle and Edan that Cannot Die
By Festus Adedayo
Have you noticed that in the last two weeks, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State seems to have acquired an inexplicably large dose of boldness and courage? Conversely, you must have equally observed…
Democracy, Governance and Credible Elections (1)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE
There is a problem about the institutional framework in which the Nigerian state as presently constituted is based. To have democracy, good governance and credible elections, there must be institutional…