By Steve Osuji

President Bola Tinubu doesn't seem to give a damn about Nigeria. It has become apparent that in all he does, he puts himself first. His cronies come second and his country a distant third. Consider his presidency: it's arguably the puniest since independence. As we know, past presidents and even military rulers, would headhunt the best and seasoned minds in the land and beyond to help run a new administration. This is especially so for the most sensitive cabinet positions like finance, economic advisory and strategic sectors like power and infrastructure.

By Chuka Nnabuife

One tree may not make a forest but one bold leader can spark one transformative revolution. That is precisely what is unfolding in Anambra State and across the South-East, where a new political culture is taking root under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

'Is Nigeria laying the foundation for future prosperity, or entrenching obligations that may outlive the benefits they were meant to create?'

By Sam Agogo

Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023, Nigeria’s debt profile has undergone a dramatic transformation. What began as a fiscal adjustment strategy following subsidy removal has quickly escalated into one of the most aggressive borrowing cycles in the country’s history.

By Steve Osuji

Honour and Electoral Integrity: Professor Joash Amupitan should have resigned a few days ago. Is the chairman of the Independent National Election Commission waiting to be sacked? One expected that as a matter of honour and electoral integrity, the chief electoral umpire should have called a world press conference and read a two- paragraph mea culpa. A solemn admission of guilt and a dignified apology is what is left for the Professor of Law, to reclaim a bit of his honour and integrity. If he had wise advisers, this is the route they would press him to follow without further ado.

By Azu Ishiekwene

Six months after his appointment as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan appears determined to beat the record of Professor Maurice Iwu as the most mistrusted electoral administrator yet. Iwu, a professor of Pharmacognosy (the study of medicinal plants), also had the distinction of managing Nigeria’s worst elections in 2007. On top of that, he gave science a bad name with the dubious claim that he had discovered the cure for Ebola. The last thing Amupitan wants is to upstage Iwu’s sordid reputation. His comments on social media are stalking him, and he must be wondering if his job is over even before it started.

* Corruption Is The Insurgent Within—Quiet, Persistent, And Deadly

By Senator Babafemi Ojudu

In less than six months, Nigeria has lost two generals on the battlefield—cut down in operations against what should, by all conventional reckoning, be a ragtag insurgent force. Alongside them, several colonels, officers, and countless other ranks have paid the ultimate price.