“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No excuses. I will live up to expectations, I promise you.” – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Inauguration Dinner, May 28, 2023. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s admonition that he should not be pitied for taking on the burden of trying to reboot a broken-down system of social and economic relationships is often cited. As general elections approach, it will be continuously repeated. The quote, like everything else, ought to be put in context;…
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A woman, Rashidat has said that the greatest mistake she ever made in life was that of getting married to her husband. Consequently, Rashidat has dragged her husband, Sarafatu before Grade A Customary Court, sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State. She prayed for the dissolution of their union on the allegation of neglect, constant fight, domestic violence and threat to life. She stated that she knew no peace since the outset of her marriage as a result of her husband’s reckless lifestyle. Rashidat explained that Sarafatu refused to be committed to his responsibilities in the home, thus neglecting her and…
The President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is once again at the centre of controversy over press freedom following his decision to bar three major news organisations—CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO—from theWhite House. Trump announced the ban on September 18, 2026, accusing the three outlets of publishing what he described as “fake news” and of reporting “fiction and lies” about his administration. The three organisations subsequently filed a federal lawsuit challenging the decision and arguing that the ban violates their constitutional rights. The dispute has immediately raised fundamental questions about the relationship between presidential power, government-controlled access and…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The federal government has digitalised the selection process for the 2026 President’s Teachers’ and Schools’ Excellence Awards (PTSEA), ending the manual process previously used in selecting outstanding teachers and schools. The Minister of State for Education, Prof Suwaiba Said Ahmad, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday during a press briefing ahead of the 2026 World Teachers’ Day celebration scheduled for Monday, October 5. World Teachers’ Day is observed annually on October 5 and has been celebrated since 1994. The 2026 edition also marks 60 years of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which established international…
Grand Patron of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, has said the reforms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration are yielding results but that the president will require more time for consolidation, hence the need to reelect him in 2027. He stated this in Damaturu, Yobe State, on Friday, during the unveiling/launch of campaign vehicles donated to the state chapter of the APC by the Movement, for grassroots mobilisation for the success of the party in the state. Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, said: “President Bola Tinubu’s policies have been wonderful. They have helped our governors to have more…
By Abdullahi Mato Umaru For decades, the Nigerian social contract has been broken. Government takes, but does not give back in a way that empowers the people. The removal of consumption subsidy without a viable alternative has further widened the gap between the state and the citizen, plunging millions into multidimensional poverty. What Nigeria needs is not the absence of subsidy, but a redirection of subsidy from consumption to production. This is the core of the Atiku Abubakar economic vision. H.E. Atiku Abubakar understands that a true social contract is built on empowerment, not palliatives. His proposal to introduce Production…
The Architecture of Synthesized Power: Macroeconomic Resilience, Tech Sovereignty, and the New Global Order Isaac Megbolugbe October 2026 Introduction The resilience of global financial markets has long defied conventional macroeconomic theory. For decades, the dominant economic paradigm—built upon deregulation, free-market supremacy, and neoliberalism—predicted that a severe structural correction was inevitable under the weight of escalating global tensions, hollowing domestic industries, and aggressive trade policies. Yet, the anticipated collapse never arrived. This discussion trace how a profound and ironic paradigm shift averted that crisis: the unexpected deployment of state-directed capitalism within Western economies. Mimicking the state-intervention models historically used by command…
By Isaac Megbolugbe Introduction: The Sacred BlurWe are taught from infancy to divide the world to conquer it. We label, we categorize, and we separate. We split the mind from the heart, the spiritual from the material, and our inner world from our outer circumstances. This structural fragmentation is presented to us as maturity, logic, and the only reliable mechanism for survival.But a fragmented life yields a fragmented joy—flat, temporary, and entirely dependent on the perfect alignment of external events.An awakening lifestyle begins the moment we realize that this hyper-separation is an illusion. True wholeness is found not in keeping…
A major new book examining the political evolution, methods and strategies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while introducing the concept of “Tinubuism” for critical examination, is scheduled for publication before the end of the year. Titled THE TINUBU ENIGMA: Tinubuism, Democratic Continuity and the Future of Nigeria, is about 300 page volume is authored by Lanre Ogundipe, veteran journalist, former President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and former President of the African Union of Journalists. The author describes the work as neither praise literature nor partisan condemnation, but “an attempt at political interpretation.” The book examines Tinubu not merely…
There is a point at which a country’s electricity problem ceases to be merely an electricity problem. It becomes a problem of economic geography. Where can factories operate with confidence? Where can businesses plan beyond the next appearance of a generator? Where can hospitals, schools, technology companies, markets and households begin to organise their lives around the reasonable expectation that electricity will be there? This is the thinking behind the latest initiative from the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, to develop what the Federal Government calls Energy Zones – defined corridors where homes, businesses and industries could receive stable, 24-hour…