Author: Adekunle

My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in those instances when we seem to have reached the limits of our human capacity. This day is bold and majestic yet bright and full of spirit, as is our precious nation. As a nation, we have long ago decided to march beyond the dimness…

Foreign nationals with exceptional talent or those of African descent that wish to make Nigeria their home and those who desire to invest in Nigeria now can become Nigerians through a legal instrument called “The Brown Card.” This was announced by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Saturday, 27th May 2023 in Abuja during a ceremony to confer Nigerian Citizenship on 385 deserving adult foreign nationals from different countries. At the event, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister explained that although the Buhari administration approved the highest number of naturalised citizens in the country’s history, he…

The Northern Coalition for Equity and Good Leadership, a prominent group representing the interests of the Northern region of Nigeria, has frowned at Governor Akeredolu’s continuous show of contempt on the northern Nigeria with the last being his bashing of the North West on the party distribution of National Assembly positions. The Group described the governor’s comments were hinged to undermine the unity of Nigeria, and have the potential to spark political unrest in the region, and the country at large. Ibrahim Sanusi, the convener of the group, in a statement, expressed his disappointment and called on Akeredolu to…

What is ARC-P? The At Risk Children Program(ARC-P) is an initiative of the Buhari led administration aimed at taming the spiraling numbers of out-of-school children, addressing concerns of the girl-child and protecting vulnerable youths in Nigeria. The program was designed to nurture, reform and empower challenged young individuals in the country with the aim of giving them a hope for a better future. Launched in 2021, it is one of the several components of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS); an intervention program domiciled in the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment (OSAP-SI),…

In the first part of this series, I analysed the ground 1 of the Petition filed by the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi alongside his party. In this second part I will take a comprehensive look at Ground 2 of the said petition. I will try to be as concise as possible. *GROUND 2: The election of the 2nd Respondent was invalid by reason of corrupt practices or non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022* The petitioners in trying to give flesh to this ground went on a long voyage wherein they made many statements…

Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who is popularly referred to as “JAGABAN”. He was born on March 29, 1952, in Lagos State, Nigeria. In the mid-1970s he moved to the United States, took on many odd jobs while he finished his college education. Transcripts show that Tinubu attended Southwest College (now Richard J. Daley College) in Chicago and then transferred to Chicago State University, where he bagged a B.S. in Business and Administration degree in 1979 with honours. Before going into politics, he worked as an…

The directorate of Artisans and Technicians Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign council paid a congratulatory courtesy visit to the Vice President -elect Kashim Shettima and Director General of the presidential campaign Council His Excellency Simon Lalong. The group visited the Director General of the campaign council Simon Lalong on his success in last 2023 general election which in turn produced the candidates of the All Progressive Party APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima as the president-elect and Vice President-elect. Speaking during the visit on Monday in Abuja, Hon. Sanusi Rikiji who is also the Director of the Artisans and…

The leaked audio of Peter Obi proclaiming to a leading Nigerian pastor that the election was a “religious war” is politics at its basest, most incendiary level. Try as anyone might, one cannot excuse Obi’s proclamation of war against Nigeria’s Muslim population. Add this to earlier revelations where, talking from a church’s pulpit, Obi exhorts the audience in his best Trumpian imitation, ”to take the country back.” Pardon me, Mr. Obi, many of us are unfamiliar with your brand of insinuation. We ask you to speak plainly. Tell us who took the country, when did they take and to…

On 20th March, 2023, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi alongside his party filed a petition before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja challenging the election of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25th, 2023 Presidential Election that held across Nigeria. Understandably, his supporters were elated by the 40-page petition and many indeed rekindled their hope that Obi will ‘retrieve his stolen mandate’ through the courts. After going through the petition, I can confidently affirm that the petition filed by Livy Uzoukwu is the most watery Presidential Election Petition in Nigeria’s…

A Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the United Kingdom’s His Royal Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was signed yesterday with the aim of fostering improved collaboration on capacity building between the two tax authorities. The two agencies signed the agreement in London, United Kingdom, and was attended by the Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami accompanied by some members of the FIRS Board and management, and Director at HMRC, Jon Sherman, alongside other members of the HMRC Executive Committee. Mr. Muhammad Nami who led members of the Board and management of the FIRS…