The Mounting Debt Burden Should Terrify Nigerians

By Dele Sobowale

*Tinubu seeks $20.5bn; €1.04bn foreign loans to fund projects – Vanguard, October 28, 2026

*Debt worse than leprosy, Obasanjo replies Tinubu — Report, October 31, 2026

*Tinubu 
Seldom do I find myself on the same side with former President Obasanjo on matters concerning national affairs. Right now, I am on all fours with Baba Iyabo with regard to his position on President Tinubu’s request for fresh loans amounting to over $21 billion or N29.4 trillion.

Buhari’s Aso Rock Rats And Matters Arising

 By Dele Sobowale

“Every government is run by liars; and nothing they say should be believed…” – I. F. Stone, 1907-1989

I was halfway through with the article intended for this week when two things happened. Former President Buhari, 1943-2025, passed on in a London Hospital; where he undoubtedly had gone to save his life.

*Buhari 

Unfortunately, the man might have realised that only Allah gives life. Without Almighty Allah’s approval, all the best doctors on Earth labour in vain. Incidentally, I almost went a few days before Buhari.

I was given extended tenure above ground by an overworked doctor in a General Hospital in Nigeria.

So much for overseas’ treatments! Garba Shehu, a former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Buhari, had launched a book titled, ‘According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesperson’s Experience’, in which he confessed to telling reporters a lie about the former President’s health condition.