Okonjo-Iweala’s mealy-mouthed Tinubu economic performance scorecard

Nigerian-Born Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, came calling the other week. She paid a courtesy call on President Bola Tinubu and gave what should have been an austere and severe personal assessment of Nigeria’s economic performance under the Tinubu administration. An otherwise closely-reasoned television interview Continue Reading

Kuku’s bold strides and the road ahead

SIR: When Mrs Olubunmi Kuku assumed the helm of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in 2023, the aviation sector was at a crossroads — grappling with ageing infrastructure, revenue leakages, operational inefficiencies, and mounting passenger dissatisfaction. Two years later, her leadership has not only steadied the course but Continue Reading

How we make our politics others’ business

No hiding place for bad behaviour. That is the innocuous message a federal court in Canada, quietly passed to members of Nigeria’s political class, when it upheld the opinion of that country’s Immigration Appeal Division (IAD), that our leading political parties nurture terrorist acts. Perhaps, also embedded in the message Continue Reading

BUYING CONSCIENCE — Makinde’s Media Car Splash Is a Threat to Free Press!

  By Muftau Gbadegesin As of today, Governor Seyi Makinde has graciously and generously dashed out different models of brand-new, tear leather Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) to selected journalists, broadcasters and media professionals as rewards for only-God-know-what-efforts in the state. He has equally awarded a controversial multi-million-naira book contract, to Continue Reading