Opinion

By Olusegun Adeniyi Since the conclusion of my ‘missionary journey’ to Aso Rock almost 14 years ago, I have written more than a dozen columns on the need to reform the budgeting process in Nigeria. Notable ones include ‘The Illusion of Budget...

By Olusegun Adeniyi Godswill Akpabio (then Akwa Ibom State Governor) once stated that only the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan could guarantee peace in Nigeria. At an​ interdenominational ​church service beamed live on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) network...

By Levi Ekwe  Education is to any developing society what petroleum is to a vehicle. No society can make any sustainable developmental gains without equipping its citizenry with the required knowledge to uphold, maintain and improve...

By Olusegun Adeniyi Sustaining a weekly column has become increasingly frustrating given the current wave of kidnappings across the country. One begins to sound like a broken record on so many critical issues. Considering what has been identified as our collective national amnesia, I am not surprised to receive messages...

By Olusegun Adeniyi Gunmen emerged from nowhere on 8 July 2012 as then Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Gyang Dantong and then Majority Leader of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Gyang Fulani led mourners at a mass burial of victims of attack...

By Olusegun Adeniyi The futility of budgets in Nigeria was once captured in an X (then Twitter) thread by ‘Laolu Samuel-Biyi. I have twice referenced it on this page. Writing how a serious national economic planning instrument has been cynically subverted, Samuel-Biyi concluded:...