The 2019 Tinubu Speech We Ignored is Biting Back – Kperogi
At the 11th Bola Tinubu Colloquium on March 29, 2019, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then only a powerful but unofficial pillar of the APC, gave us…
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Opinion: Hold Not Wike, But Atiku Responsible For The Troubles In PDP – Aguoru
It's unfortunate the way the table has turned for the once biggest party in Africa the PDP, more worrisome is the fact that most people…
Minimum Wage, Maximum Deceit and Moral Cowardice – Kperogi
After three months of bootless committee meetings in the comfort of air-conditioned offices at the cost of one billion naira (President Bola Tinubu approved 500…
Why Yahaya Bello Does Not Represent the Youth – Kperogi
First of all, Yahaya Bello became a governor at 41 in 2016. There's no country in the world where 41 is regarded as "youth." He…
Pastor Enenche, Veronica Anyim and the Grammarian in all of Us – Jude Ndukwe
I cringed with disbelief when I first saw the trending video of the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, embarassingly walking one Veronica…
Opinion: BBC, Betta Edu, and Her Ministry of Corruption – Kperogi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) aroused the rage of Nigerians this week when it revealed in its periodic newsletter called “EFCC Alert” (which…
Opinion: Tinubu’s Anti-People, Reverse Robin Hoodist “Courage” – Kperogi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is so inordinately inebriated by his IMF-motivated decision to remove subsidies on petrol that at every opportunity he has he brags…
Opinion: Zenith Bank’s New MD and the Burden on Successful Women – Kperogi
It so often happens that whenever a Nigerian woman makes the news as having been appointed to a high position that is, has been or,…
World Poetry Day: Inferno in the Delta by Jude Ndukwe
A conflagration erupts in the Delta An inferno in the air Raging in the sea Endured for decades Rapidly consuming inhabitants
Opinion: Rise of Right-wing Economic Populism in Nigeria – Kperogi
Everyone within striking distance of becoming president in Nigeria in 2023 subscribed—and still subscribes—to the consensus that the IMF and the World Bank are inviolable…
Opinion: Why Nigeria’s Best is Always in Its Past – Kperogi
The other day I was reflecting on Nigerians’ new favorite pastime: endless griping about the increasingly disabling dysfunction of the country. And I realized that…
Hunger Protests: Why Tinubu Can’t Govern Like Buhari – Kperogi
The biting hunger and unnaturally rising price spiral in Nigeria instigated primarily by the removal of petrol subsidies and the floating of the naira are…
Opinion: Obi, as Shadow President – Obasi
President Bola Tinubu needs help at this time to save him from politicians who are running him out of relevance with obnoxious policies. In all…
Opinion: North and Tinubu’s Back-to-Lagos Moves – Kperogi
When my uncle called me over the weekend, he had no time for the customary conversational courtesies that typically preceded our phone chats. He was…
Opinion: How to Stop the Kidnapping Epidemic in Nigeria – Kperogi
Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru told Arise TV that abductions have skyrocketed in the FCT because kidnappers from the adjoining states of Niger and Kaduna are…
Opinion: Tinubu Getting Governance Right but Economy Wrong – Kperogi
"I was in Nigeria in December 2023 and saw firsthand the extreme, unbearable, and unexampled adversity that the vast majority of people have been thrown…
