Much has made of the recent debut media chat of President Tinubu, with scant attention paid to his disastrous free market prescription. The media chat, which appeared to have been scripted, depicted him as a president out of his depth on many issues, including his assertion on price controls: “Sorry, I don’t believe in price…
Concerned about the state of the nation, I returned over the weekend to Professor Adam Przeworski’s seminal work, Crises of Democracy, to make sense of the present, the prospects of democracy and the portents of the democratic order, and to answer the questions citizens ask across the length and breadth of our country- what democracy…
Two logics, citizens are gradually getting used to, have taken hold of our country. The first logic takes the political turf as a militarised space which asserts itself as the dominant power that captures anything and everything standing in opposition, compelling all to follow its own logic. How can one discern the prevalence of this…
Eight billion human beings entered 2024, four days ago with hopes of a better world. But that may be largely determined by rulers across countries who may not even share the same vision. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, whose forces have sustained some 70,000 deaths and over 100,000 injured does not seek a peaceful resolution….
The list of oddities in Nigeria’s political scene are endless, and as former Military President General Ibrahim Babangida once said of Nigeria’s economy and Nigeria itself appear to be defying all logic. By the very account of Nigeria’s leaders, the situation in the country should have been much worse by now; by their logic Nigeria…
The news of the demise of Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, early on Wednesday, was devastating. He, his family members and close friends had hoped and prayed hard for healing. No matter how death comes, I have always thought, however expected, no matter the circumstances, it leaves behind pains. Na’Abba was born on September 27, 1958,…
