Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Is Tinubu Having Buyer’s Remorse?

 By Olu Fasan

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria’s Marmite president, is by no means a religious bigot. He is a moderate, even liberal, Muslim, who is surrounded, including in his immediate family, by practising Christians.

*Shettima and his wife; Tinubu and his wife 

However, for self-interested political calculations, Tinubu played the religious card to become president in 2023 by picking a fellow Muslim, Kashim Shettima, as his running-mate. Perhaps more than any other columnist in Nigeria, I wrote severally on the issue. It struck me as a profound mismanagement of Nigeria’s diversity and a monumental betrayal of the national interest to place personal political gain ahead of religious balance and harmony in Nigeria. 

Kwara: The Slaughter House — A State Betrayed by Leadership

 By Michael Oyewole

For over five months, these terrorists had been sending warning letters and pamphlets to these communities. They announced their intention to “preach” Islam to them. They demanded surrender. The villagers reported this strange incident to ALL relevant authorities. The intelligence was there. And what did the government do? Nothing. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

In the early hours of February 3, 2026, the villages of Woro and Nuku in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State were turned into a literal slaughterhouse. Jihadist terrorists preaching a twistedly strange, bloodthirsty doctrine stormed in around 5 p.m. They went from house to house, rounding up residents, binding their hands behind their backs, and executing them in cold blood. 

Gale Of Defections: Why Should Anyone Vote In Nigerian Elections?

 By Olu Fasan

By the end of this year, or even earlier, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nigeria’s ruling party, may control 30 or more of Nigeria’s 36 state governors. Currently, the party has 29 state governors in its fold. Of these 29, only 21 are APC governors by election, the others are APC governors by defection. 

The gale of defections has swept away eight of the 12 governors of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and deprived the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, of its only governor. The president, Bola Tinubu, is fully hands-on in his determination to lure and co-opt virtually all opposition governors into his party ahead of his re-election bid in 2027. 

Is Tinubu’s Presidency Careless, Clumsy And Corrupt?

 By Ugoji Egbujo

Tinubu’s presidency must be closely watched. At inception, it hurriedly sacked ambassadors like it had a clear foreign policy direction to salvage the country. Then for two and half years, it couldn’t nominate ambassadors, leaving the embassies rudderless.

*Tinubu and Shettima 

In the midst of that baffling shiftlessness, the president globetrotted unperturbed, with the all-knowing ease of a magician. Had he been asked during the campaigns, he would have bragged about his capacity to find without delay the best hands and brains to coordinate his visionary foreign policy. 

Bola Tinubu’s Tax Laws: Tainted By Bad Faith, Integrity Deficit

 By Olu Fasan

Hardly anyone disagreed that Nigeria needed a new tax regime. The erstwhile tax rules were complex and cumbersome, their administration ridden with corruption and inefficiency. So, when, in August 2023, barely four months in office, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, he was on to something truly transformative if carefully crafted and shaped by a broad consensus.

*Tinubu signs the new tax law

 Unfortunately, however, the tax reforms started off on the wrong foot and ended, after a tortuous process, with new tax laws tainted by bad faith, manifested in skulduggery and cognitive biases that threaten to undermine the integrity and, thus, success of the new tax regime.

$9 Million To Explain Nigeria To America!

 By Andy Ezeani

Until Donald Trump came along in the last quarter of 2025 with threats to recreate a cowboy scenario in Nigeria, “with guns ablazing”, the idea of the Nigerian government being accountable to anyone did not arise.

The government, led by Bola Tinubu, just like its predecessor under Muhammadu Buhari, awkwardly lived its sovereign status to a hilt. Having vanquished the legislature, the presidency is answerable to no authority but itself.

Tinubu’s Tax Tragedy And The New Year

 By Kenneth Okonkwo

Tax is generally regarded as a burden on the people. It is the compulsory contribution of the citizens to the development of their country. The citizens are expected to pay a proportion of their income to the government in trust, in return for the provision of needed infrastructure for economic and social development.

The unfortunate thing about taxation is that it is still compulsory for the citizens to pay it, even if the government fails to comply with its side of the bargain. In a corrupt society, the government embezzles the tax paid by the people, and spends it on ostentatious lifestyle while the people wallow in abject poverty and penury.

Traumatized Travellers, Broken Highways, And Coastal Road

 By Ugo Onuoha

The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, as amended, stipulated that the security and the welfare of Nigerians, not some Nigerians, not many Nigerians, nor a majority of the citizens, should be the priority of the government of the federation. The provision was not optional in terms of adherence to it. It was not a plea to the conscience of the rulers to do good. It was not a request either. It’s the raison d’etre of every administration. 

For the avoidance of doubt, we will reproduce aspects of the relevant constitutional decree. Yes, decree, because the prescription was made to be obeyed. It did not make room for any administration to offer excuses in lieu of compliance.

Panacea To Nigeria’s Lingering Insecurity

 By Chiedu Uche Okoye

Our federal government’s use of multi-pronged approaches in tackling Nigeria’s security challenges will yield no positive results unless and until sub-national governments are constitutionally empowered to have their own state police.

The government’s execution of measures other than establishing state police will scratch the surface of the problem without solving it holistically. Despite the efforts, which the federal government has been making to stem the tide of perpetration of crimes in Nigeria, our country is still in the throes of asphyxiating security challenges.

Tinubu’s Low-Grade Ambassadors: A Disservice To Nigeria!

 By Olu Fasan

In the end, Nigeria’s obsequious Senate lived up to its reputation. 

Toadyish as ever, it supinely rubber-stamped President Bola Tinubu’s tacky list of ambassadorial nominees without as much as a whimper.

*Reno Omokri and Tinubu

Last week, following the infamous and shameful “bow and go” practice it has adopted in approving President Tinubu’s political appointees, the Senate waived through his ambassadorial nominees without questioning. The perverse implication of nominating controversial figures, and of clearing them without scrutiny, is that the President and the Senate both believe that anybody, just anybody, however questionable their pedigree, provided they are in the President’s good graces, can represent this country as an ambassador in a foreign land. That’s a disservice to Nigeria! 

Insecurity: Between Badaru’s Resignation And General Musa’s Return

 By Adekunle Adekoya

Curious. And curiouser. 

That’s how I can describe happenings on the Defence turf. Just weeks ago, immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa exited active service as a uniformed soldier. His exit, still unexplained, led to the elevation of his immediate subordinates into vacancies created by his exit. The burly Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Olufemi Oluyede, stepped in as Defence Chief, while the Navy and Air Force and Army also got new chiefs.

*Gen Musa 

Prior to these developments, there had been talk of insurrection, with more talk of some soldiers having been arrested for questioning. After Musa was formally pulled out of service, all that talk vaporised. It seemed as if the dog had been given the name they wanted to give it so they could do to it what they wanted to do.

Renewed Hope Or Renewed Hypocrisy: Tinubu’s Risky Politics Of Redemption

 By Emmanuel Aziken

At a time President Bola Tinubu has chosen to nominate some of Nigeria’s most controversial personalities as ambassadors to represent the country abroad, the emergence of his so-called Renewed Hope Ambassadors—appointed to canvass support for his second-term aspiration—has shaken the polity in a manner that many did not expect but which, perhaps, should no longer surprise anyone observing the curious evolution of our political culture.

*Tinubu and Omokri 

 The inclusion of figures like Mr. Reno Omokri, whose pre-election stance painted Tinubu with every negative virtue that should not be associated with a leader, did not completely shock Nigerians. After all, before Omokri, the president had already appointed Dr. Daniel Bwala as Special Adviser, a man who only a year earlier emphatically declared that “even if you give Tinubu 30 years, nothing will work.” With such examples, it has become increasingly clear that Tinubu’s political instincts lean heavily toward embracing, rehabilitating, and strategically deploying his most ferocious critics.

Hasn’t Tinubu Insulted Nigerians Enough?

 By Ikechukwu Amaechi

It is extremely difficult to understand why President Bola Tinubu takes delight in insulting Nigerians at every turn. Or how else can one explain most of his actions other than that of a leader who does not care a hoot about what the people think or feel?

*Tinubu 

A few weeks ago, it was the issue of presidential pardon. It beggared belief that a president would demean a constitutional instrument, designed not only to temper justice with mercy but also give the Nigerian state a human face with the axiomatic milk of kindness flowing underneath near infinite executive powers.

Structure Matters: Nigeria Needs The Right Political System To Succeed

 By Olu Fasan

Too often, one hears that it is not Nigeria that needs restructuring, but the minds of Nigerians and their leaders. Those who hold that view try to shift the emphasis away from structure to culture. They are wrong! Of course, culture matters, and leadership matters too. But empirical studies around the world show that it is the right institutions, the right governance structure, the right political system that creates the incentives that shape behaviour and drive political and economic progress. 

*Tinubu and Akpabio

The best insight on the powers of incentives came from Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, authors of the fascinating book Freakonomics. They said: “Incentives are the cornerstones of modern life – and understanding them is the key to solving just about any riddle.” They added: “An incentive is a bullet, a lever, a key; an often-tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation.”

Questions For President Tinubu

 By Ochereome Nnanna

President Bola Tinubu’s spokesmen have been oddly quiet over two very grave accusations which portrayed their principal possibly as a part of our security problems. 

*Tinubu

When 25 students of Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State were abducted about ten days ago, the state’s Governor, Mohammed Idris, made a shocking disclosure. He said his government received credible intelligence about a likely attack on the school. 

Nigeria Burns, Leaders Make Merry

 By Emeka Alex Duru

My friend and colleague, Dr. Promise Adiele, read my mind in his piece of Wednesday, November 19, 2025, titled “Tinubu: To be or not to be – that is the question”. In it, Adiele did a robust analysis of the governance challenges in the country and the inability of the Bola Tinubu administration to confront the situation. Adiele raised the question of whether Tinubu should resign as President or not, pointing out, of course, that either of the options has corresponding consequences.

*Tinubu and Shettima 

A portion of the write-up touched mostly. It read: “Today in Nigeria, terrorists are targeting military formations, decimating our soldiers through ambush and sophisticated intelligence. The mass kidnapping of schoolchildren has returned in all its fury and despicable orchestration. In just one week, a Nigerian Brigadier General was ambushed by terrorists and murdered in the most gruesome manner. 

Under Bola Tinubu’s Watch, Boko Haram Has Finally Won

 By Ikechukwu Amaechi

President Bola Tinubu is over the moon right now, for whatever it is worth. Last week was horrible for his administration and the man-in-charge image he is trying desperately to project. In less than seven days, terrorists deflated his elephantine ego by ambushing, penultimate Friday, a military team led by Musa Uba, a Brigadier General and commander of the 25 Task Force Brigade, in Borno State, killing four operatives — two soldiers and two CJTF officials – and later executing the gallant officer.

*Tinubu during a security meeting with service chiefs

On Monday, November 17, they invaded Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State, and abducted 24 schoolgirls after killing the vice-principal. On Wednesday, November 19, they stormed Christ Apostolic Church, in Eruku, Kwara State during a midweek prayer session, killing three persons and abducting 38 other congregants, mostly women and children, drawing nationwide outrage. To worsen matters, they placed a N100 million ransom on each of the 38 abductees.

Bola Tinubu’s Diminished Presidency

 By Ikechukwu Amaechi

Many are outraged that President Donald Trump called Nigeria a “disgraced country.” I am too. But my anger is not against Trump. I am angry with President Bola Tinubu who brought this insult on us. The only reason why Trump would disparage this country of over 200 million people is because Tinubu has damaged our collective reputation in the eyes of the international community.

*Tinubu

An African adage says, “He who fetches ant-infested firewood invites lizards in his house.” So, I am not cross with Trump’s showboating. Yes, as a Nigerian, my national pride is deeply hurt when the president of another country ridicules mine.

Nigeria Doesn’t Need A Military Coup; It Needs Enlightened, Active Citizens

 By Olu Fasan

However much the Presidency tried to explain away President Bola Tinubu’s last-minute cancellation of this year’s Independence Day parade, it was clear that something was amiss.

For such a milestone as Nigeria’s 65th independence anniversary, it was beyond belief that the president would abruptly ditch the parade on the strange excuse that the Armed Forces should not be sidetracked from fighting terrorism, as if the entire military would be on the parade ground. An intelligent guess would suggest that President Tinubu was probably warned against appearing in public because of an attempted coup d’etat. Put simply, he was apparently alerted to danger ahead and shielded from it. 

Politics Of Lagos Igbo Property Demolitions

 By Ochereome Nnanna

The emergence of Senator Bola Tinubu as the “winner” of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, governorship ticket on December 21,1998, unknown to many, marked a major historic turning point for Lagos State.

Ordinarily, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the man in charge of the party’s primaries in Lagos, should have insisted on a rerun. He did not, mainly because Tinubu’s contributions to Afenifere/NADECO struggle for Abiola’s mandate, especially his exile experience, endeared him to the party’s leaders above his co-contestants, such as Funsho Williams, Wahab Dosunmu, Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele and Rashid Shitta-Bey.