‘Nigeria First’? Tinubu’s copycat Trumpian protectionism is misguided
In principle, there is nothing wrong with a “Nigeria First” policy. After all, every government claims to put its country...
- Thursday, June 25, 2026
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In principle, there is nothing wrong with a “Nigeria First” policy. After all, every government claims to put its country...
In theory, Nigeria is a multi-party democracy. But in practice, it is a one-party state. Those ululating over the recent...
Going by media reports, the relationship between Bola Tinubu and the northern part of Nigeria (“the North”), which gave him...
Before he became the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice under the administration of President Bola Tinubu, Chief...
Two pejorative terms are used to describe the phenomenon of Nigerians emigrating to other countries. One is “japa”, a word...
Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s junketing president, chose the same week that Donald Trump, America’s ultra-protectionist president, unleashed a global trade war...
The strength and viability of any country’s democracy depend, to a very large extent, on the strength and quality of...
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, is a civilian. The “governor” of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral (rtd) Ibok-Ete Ibas, is a...
Since the rift between Nyesom Wike, the former Rivers State governor, and Siminalayi Fubara, his successor, blew open in October...
Recently, fate dealt Nigeria a cruel hand when death took two of its greatest patriots and elder statemen in the...