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When the leadership of a national police force changes, the ceremony is swift; the consequences are not. The appointment of Acting Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu presents Nigeria not merely with a new police chief, but with a moment of institutional reckoning. The Nigeria Police Force stands at a crossroads defined by distrust, insecurity and … Continue reading “Editorial: Rule of Law and the Nigeria Police”
Nigeria’s diplomatic service has always walked a delicate line between professional competence and political patronage. But the latest ambassadorial appointments approved by Bola Ahmed Tinubu push that uneasy compromise into outright farce, making Nigeria the laughing stock of the international community. What should have been a sober exercise in projecting Nigeria’s interests abroad has instead … Continue reading “Editorial: A Diplomatic Travesty – Tinubu’s Cast of Ambassadorial Jokers”
There is something faintly tragic about watching two men who once styled themselves as reformist crusaders reduce their shared history to a soap opera. Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State and never a stranger to combat, has lately trained his rhetorical artillery on one man with curious persistence: the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. … Continue reading “Editorial: Between Nasir El-Rufai and Nuhu Ribadu”
Nigeria has seen political defections before, but what is unfolding under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is something far more dangerous: the systematic dismantling of multiparty democracy. With Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa now preparing to cross over to the APC, the ruling party is tightening its grip on the country with a speed and aggression … Continue reading “Editorial: Tinubu Turning Nigeria into a One Party State”
There are crises that test institutions. And there are crises that expose them. The sordid leadership debacle within the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) falls squarely into the latter category. For months, Nigerians have watched—first with disbelief, then with weary embarrassment—as a body that claims to represent the Church of Jesus Christ descended … Continue reading “Editorial: A House Divided – CAN Leadership Crisis”
Nigeria’s Senate has long been a theatre of the absurd, but its latest performance deserves a special place in the annals of legislative self humiliation. What unfolded on Tuesday was not a debate, nor even a disagreement. It was a public unravelling; a chamber convulsing in procedural acrobatics, shouting matches, and a level of … Continue reading “Editorial: Brigandage in the Senate -Shameful!”
Few policies flatter governments more than “sin taxes”. They offer the rare pleasure of moral virtue and fiscal revenue in one bottle. Nigeria’s federal authorities, pressured by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new evangelism on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages, now appear eager to join the global crusade. Yet in a country grappling with fragile industrial … Continue reading “Editorial: WHO pressure to raise taxes on Booze, Sweet drinks”
While Nigerians queue for fuel, ration electricity and watch inflation hollow out their wages, President Bola Tinubu is busy lighting cigars with taxpayer money in Washington. The federal government finally found money. Not for hospitals, not for power grids, not for security reform; but for US lobbyists. The President’s decision to spend $750,000 a month … Continue reading “Editorial: Tinubu’s $750,000-a-Month Washington Circus”
This is no longer about visas. It is about power, pride and precedent. Washington’s decision to saddle Nigerian travelers with visa bonds of up to $15,000; while herding them through a handful of American airports like probationers, is an act of diplomatic contempt dressed up as administrative tidiness. It sends an unmistakable message: Nigeria … Continue reading “Editorial: Nigeria must reciprocate Trump’s $15,000 Visa Bond”
There are tragedies that wound. And there are tragedies that indict an entire system. The death of 21-month-old Nkanu Nnamdi Adichie-Esege is not merely a private grief for his parents; it is a public scandal for Nigeria’s medical profession. A toddler taken into a hospital for what were described as routine, preparatory procedures – an … Continue reading “Editorial: Chimamanda’s Son – When Routine Care Becomes a Death Sentence”