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Tuesday, 03 June 2025 04:28

Tinubu’s midterm: Good speech, harsh realities as Nigerians live in pains - Dayo DaSilva

As President Bola Tinubu marks his second year in office—having assumed power in 2023—his anniversary speech paints a picture of progress and optimism. However, a critical examination of his administration’s policies and their impact on Nigerians reveals a stark contrast between his words and the daily realities of 2025. Economic Woes The President’s address highlighted accomplishments such as a narrowed fiscal deficit, increased revenue generation, and an improved tax-to-GDP ratio. Yet these gains have failed to translate into better living standards for ordinary Nigerians. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), inflation stood at 28.5% in January 2025, with…

Tuesday, 03 June 2025 04:27

Flouting contractual obligations, defying court orders, and disregarding arbitration: The facts behind Hadiza Bala Usman’s abuse of office as NPA MD - BUA Group

We have taken note of recent public statements made by Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), who was removed from office. In her comments, she accused BUA Group and our Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, of breaching a concession agreement and distorting facts. These claims were made in response to our Chairman’s interview and article, “Two Years of President Tinubu: A Business Perspective” (watch at https://bit.ly/pbatbua), which celebrated Nigeria’s reform trajectory and referenced prior instances of arbitrary disruptions to business operations, without naming anyone – a situation that has now been curtailed by…

Tuesday, 03 June 2025 04:26

Again, BUA twisted the facts - Niran Adedokun

In its latest statement, entitled: “Flouting Contractual Obligations, Defying Court Orders and Disregarding Arbitration: The Facts Behind Hadiza Bala Usman’s Abuse of Office as NPA MD,” the BUA Group accused the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) of disobeying court orders and violating the terms of the agreement with the company. Again, this statement peddles half-truths and outright falsehoods. The first point to note is that contrary to the company Chairman’s claim in his article that “One day, we woke up to a letter stating that the concession had been revoked…there was no warning, no issue, no…

Monday, 02 June 2025 04:27

El-tufiakwa for el-Rufai - Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

One of the memorable moments from the presidential campaign ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections featured then ruling party candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the Chatham House in London in December 2022 allocating to leading members of his entourageresponsibility for answering various questions from members of the public. For the questions on insecurity, he called on then governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, to address them. At the time, Candidate Tinubu explained that he did that to advertise the versatility and cohesion of his team. Many believed then that asking el-Rufai to respond to those questions show-cased his competence on insecurity. In…

Sunday, 01 June 2025 04:23

Smoke & Mirrors Inc. - Sonala Olumhense

Thursday was President Bola Tinubu’s second anniversary in office. He was a happy but deluded man, identifying, in his anniversary speech, “undeniable” progress. “I proudly affirm that our economic reforms are working,” he declared. “We are on course to building a greater, more economically stable nation.” He was alluding to his abrupt termination of Nigeria’s fuel subsidy regime two years ago, which set off rising prices, and his unification of the naira, policies which immediately made life almost impossible for the ordinary Nigerian. “We have stabilised our economy and are now better positioned for growth and prepared to withstand global…

Sunday, 01 June 2025 04:20

Experiencing a lifestyle of supernatural interventions - Taiwo Akinola

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid ~ Isaiah 29:14. Preamble: Get this very clear: God can do for you beyond what you can do for yourself or what others can make happen for you (Exodus 3:19-21). I have come to a well considered conclusion — that one of the causes of sustained trouble for many people today is that they question the ability of God. The Israelites…

Sunday, 01 June 2025 04:18

Article of Faith: Good and bad pleasure (2) - Femi Aribisala

The pleasures of men are varied, “(King Ahasuerus) had ordered all the officers of his household, that they should do according to each man’s pleasure.” (Esther 1:8). But God prescribes only One pleasure for believers. That One pleasure is Himself. God hates what pleases men. Jesus says, “What is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.” (Luke 16:15). God requires man to forsake his pleasures for His sake. He told me to forsake my favourite drinks, Coke and Fanta, and I have not had any of them in over 25 years. Some pleasures He will…

Saturday, 31 May 2025 04:27

How BUA Group persistently violated its contractual obligations to Nigeria - Hadiza Bala Usman

On Thursday, 29 May, Abdul Samad Rabiu, chairman of the BUA Group, wrote an article riddled with falsehood by accusing an unnamed former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) of acting against the interest of his business organisation. In the said article entitled, “Two years of President Tinubu: A business perspective,” he wrote: “We no longer worry about arbitrary shutdowns or politically motivated disruptions. Let me give a real example. We started a new business in Port Harcourt four or five years ago under BUA Foods, operating at the Rivers Ports under a concession with the Nigerian Ports…

Tuesday, 27 May 2025 03:49

When Comrade Bene died - Edwin Madunagu

In the afternoon of Tuesday, November 26, 2024, the following announcement appeared on the Internet: “With profound gratitude for her life, her achievements and her contributions to the struggles for equality, justice and dignity for all, I hereby announce the transition early this morning of Comrade Benedicta A. Madunagu, known universally and affectionately simply as ‘Bene’. She was aged 77 years and passed away peacefully at the Madunagu residence in Calabar. Although this is not a tribute but a formal announcement made on behalf of the family and the Nigerian Left, I wish to state here that my sense of…

Monday, 26 May 2025 04:05

Before Nuhu Ribadu rides off into fantasy-land - Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Marte, the headquarters of the eponymous Local Government Area (LGA) on the western floodplains of the Lake Chad in Borno State, North-East Nigeria, has been a site of lingering contest between Nigerian troops on the one hand and Islamist insurgents of Boko Haram on the other for over one decade. At 3,154 km2 , Marte LGA is just a little under the size of all of Lagos State. For a while, between 2014 and 2015, Boko Haram reportedly bivouacked in Marte on its way to its more permanent operational headquarters in the Sambisa Forest. For much of 2015, control of…

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Sunday, 25 May 2025 04:24

IMF, World Bank and the recolonisation of Nigeria - Umar Farouk Bala

In May 2023, immediately after assuming office, President Bola Tinubu boldly implemented two of the most aggressive policy reforms demanded by the Bretton Woods institutions: the removal of the fuel subsidy and the liberalisation of the exchange rate. These moves, applauded by both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, were sold to Nigerians as necessary steps toward economic stability and long-term growth. Yet, barely two years later, the same institutions are projecting a grim future for the very people these reforms were meant to uplift. According to the World Bank’s “Africa’s Pulse” report of 23 April —…

Sunday, 25 May 2025 04:23

Necessary preparations for a stream of new things - Taiwo Akinola

So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God ~ 2 Chronicles 27:6. Introduction: When you look closely into the life of any normal human being, one of the amazing things you will quickly notice is that unquenchable desire or dream for a better life. Happily, God Himself is in it! He designed us originally to dominate, and not to be dominated, curtailed or halted by the elemental forces here on earth (Genesis 1:26-28)! However, we have to get really ready to fully partake of the divine promises of new things in the realm of…

Sunday, 25 May 2025 04:21

Article of Faith: Good and bad pleasure (1) - Femi Aribisala

A fundamental spiritual principle of God’s kingdom says God is the centre and circumference of everything. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the Beginning and the End. (Revelation 1:8). “For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. (Romans 11:36). This means if something is of men, it cannot be of God. And if it is of God, it cannot be of men. Accordingly, Jesus asks the Pharisees: “The baptism of John — where was it from? From heaven or from men?” (Matthew 21:25). Jesus reveals that the things…

Friday, 23 May 2025 04:25

Ishaq Oloyede’s cross - Azu Ishiekwene

The last time a public official wept on national TV, Nigerians regretted offering her towels instead of buckets to collect her tears. She was acting, but we didn’t know it. Diezani Allison-Madueke had just been appointed Minister of Transport and went on a tour to assess some major roads. At the Benin end of the Lagos-Benin highway, she broke down and wept. She was seeing for the first time, outside her bubble, what Nigerians knew and endured daily: poor, hazardous roads. Her tears changed nothing. She left the roads in a worse state than she found them, but Nigeria being…

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