The President’s Signature—and the Questions It Raises
Did anyone notice that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu personally signed the statement directing the EFCC to return to court and vacate the order freezing the accounts of the Osun State…
Was Aso Rock Expecting Bishops To Sing ‘On Your Mandate…’?
More than a week after the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) visited the president, reactions to the encounter by some of the country’s most influential clerics at Aso Rock…
Ransom, Resolve And Tinubu’s Right Call
President Bola Tinubu said something last week that should have made headlines for days, not hours. Kidnappers who abducted victims in Oyo State didn’t just want money; they wanted the…
Truth Or Dare: The Bishops, The President And The Burden Of Truth
There is an old African saying that a king who surrounds himself only with praise singers soon mistakes applause for progress. Every leader, however powerful, needs people who are willing…
Who Abused Privilege: The Cardinal Or Presidency?
Every democracy occasionally presents a defining moment that reveals not merely the disposition of those who govern but also the resilience of the democratic culture they profess to uphold. The…
Editorial: When Bishops Speak Truth To Power
There is something wonderfully revealing about the Nigerian Presidency’s response to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference: when confronted with an uncomfortable diagnosis, it has chosen to quarrel with the physician rather…
Army: Expansion May Be Good, But…
The expansion of the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has attracted commendations from various quarters, with some analysts describing the restructuring as strategic…
Unaccounted NNPC N210trn: Nigeria’s Problem With Numbers
The easiest way to rile Nigeria on the matter of public finance is to throw a number of endless zeroes at us and call it missing money. Nobody needs to…
Beyond The Numbers: Completing the story of Nigeria’s Net Foreign Exchange Reserves
There is an interesting conversation unfolding around Nigeria’s Net Foreign Exchange Reserves. Predictably, opinions have become divided. Some see the announcement as vindication of the Central Bank’s reform programme; others…
Stop, CBN! The baby is in the bathwater
I invite you to join me on this journey to the Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters in Abuja, where I shall be meeting with the CBN Governor, Mr Olayemi Michael…