June 12: The ritualisation of a sham democracy in Nigeria
The decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to name June 12 as Nigeria’s “Democracy Day” was motivated by self-serving politics,...
- Thursday, June 25, 2026
BusinessDay
The decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to name June 12 as Nigeria’s “Democracy Day” was motivated by self-serving politics,...
President Bola Tinubu marked his third year in office recently, on May 29. The presidency rolled out the drums, placing...
The morning foretells the day. Early signs can indicate how a day will unfold. In that sense, the recent presidential,...
It is a common political maxim, which carries more than a kernel of truth. Divided parties don’t win elections. Equally,...
To several Nigerians, Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, should not run for president next year. Some cite age, others...
Hardly anyone should shed tears for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Both parties are...
Recently, after the mass killing in Jos, Plateau State, President Bola Tinubu said he was not elected “to comfort and...
Congratulations are in order. Although I am unapologetically and unrepentantly a principled critic of President Bola Tinubu, whose self-serving politics...
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, is comatose on a deathbed; it’s, in fact, on life support. The doctors (INEC and...
Nigeria has never had a president like Bola Ahmed Tinubu. For the first time in its post-independence political history, Nigeria...