It was on May 29, 2023 at the Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria’s 16th President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces was sworn in. For the sworn-in president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it was a long and adventurous fight that is still lingering in the Temple of Justice. He took over the reign of government at the time of global declination of leadership, and will thus be challenged to offer something better, robust, deeper, farsighted and impactful to Nigerians. Even those who resent his style and person, including many in former president Buhari’s administration widely acknowledged his track record as governor of…
Author: Sanusi Muhammad
One can recall those memorable childhood days while growing up in then peaceful, serene, friendly, loving and bubbling Tin city of Jos. Jos, the Plateau State capital was then a heaven on earth blessed with several night clubs, decent eateries, assorted fruits and other relaxation spots such as the Polo and Turf clubs, cinema theatres, zoological garden, wildlife park, friendly weather and hospitable people etc. The city was a thousand of miles away from ethno-religious sentiments, hatred, crisis or even suspicion amongst the inhabitants. As of that time, satanic agents from the collection of devil were still in chains far…
Just from the blues while the people were managing their peace, some ruffians emerged abruptly on the Plateau and enthroned the rule of terrorism under the ‘Republic of Violence’. Labeled as bandits or herders, they are devoted to only brutish and indiscriminate killings of human beings, perpetrating looting, raping and arson with great passion. But if the desire is to proffer lasting solution to the lingering problem, we should then most sincerely ask ourselves why and what were the remote causes of the deadly acts from the onset in 2021 or there about? Ethno-religious cleansing or what? Who then ignited…
“From my observation of the ongoing political permutation and as a democrat and a nationalist, for the Senate to remain stable and robust in legislative affairs, it needs a focused and visionary leader as its president. So far, Dr. AbdulAzeez Yari from Zamfara West Senatorial District, based on his experience and exposure is the most ideal person for the tasking job”…….Muhammed Garba Gololo It was in 1999, that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was dragged into politics by the outgoing military administration. He was declared the winner of the February 27, 1999 presidential election on the platform of a party he was…
To those of us surviving below the poverty margin in the midst of plenty, in a country blessed with abundant human and natural resources tapped and untapped, we have every reason to thank our Creator for our contentment in the situation that was artificially created for us. We are proud of our status as off springs of the cheated poor, although not the most wretched but with good moral upbringing, discipline and foresight. One must commend the training and retraining imbibed by our guardians when we were growing up to face challenges of life. We remain proud of them. May…
A former House of Representatives member (2015-2019) who represented Gamawa federal constituency of Bauchi State, Hon. Muhammed Garba Gololo (MGG), has applauded the people of his constituency for their patience, endurance and tolerance throughout his temporal absence from serving them in the national assembly which is over. Speaking to a group of his supporters during their solidarity visit to his Kano residence penultimate Friday to congratulate him for the presidential victory of his long standing political associate and leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, MGG said: “The victory of APC at the concluded general elections is a collective victory to all…
No country survives without a sound and well managed economy the world over, Nigeria cannot be an exception. The Nigeria economy is clearly known to have been in dire straits in the last decade without recovering. In fact, it has even gone from bad to worse and that, is encapsulated in the declining rate of the national currency, Naira vis-à-vis other global currencies. The naira has become a valueless coloured paper, what the French usually refer to as a mere piece of paper—chiffon de papier! The pertinent question is what is really responsible for the terrible situation at our doorsteps?…
One of those who masqueraded as Bauchi State gubernatorial candidates supposedly a man without clear political base, was thrown into a deep thinking on how to impose himself on the electorates by pulling through the shenanigan of foisting himself on his party as its 2023 gubernatorial candidate. He scaled the hurdle of party primary with the active support and connivance of those that preferred to load him over and silenced the voice of other credible contestants with reliable political bases. To be candid, I still wonder how he survived that long when it was obvious that he wouldn’t bulge on…
“Governor Bala Muhammed needed no Oracle to tell him of his victory over his opponents. Their defeat was glaring from day one because of their incapacitation and inexperience in the game. They have since relocated out of Bauchi after humiliating defeat to their comfort zones to nurse their inflicted political wounds. In reality, they were tourists on opportunity seeking mission”…………Comrade Mouktar Gidado It is not difficult to fathom why some politicians sympathetic to the other divide in Bauchi State and their allies including appendages and hangers-on felt jittery, developed cold and so uncomfortable with the public posture and indeed the…
Wonders shall never end with the shameless always battling to make the headlines for desperate attention either for the fun of it or to launder their battered reputations caused by the sordid past through unabated crime while in public office. It beats an imagination that even the sacked, ran away and one of EFCC’s most desperately wanted suspects, former petroleum resources minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke had the guts and temerity to pass negative comments on the activities of her most junior colleagues in crime, the yahoo boys. Was it nemesis that caught up with her to have made that laughable comment…
The general belief is that no country the world over survives the threats of insecurity without a robust and disciplined army. Nigeria is not an exception. Barely six years after independence the Nigeria Army was dragged into politics by a group of overzealous, tribal warlords and unpatriotic young soldiers that murdered democracy on the platter of ethno-religious sentiment. Since that unfortunate development that culminated into a civil war, the army has not been same. For patriots and those who care about the security of Nigeria; the setbacks that the army is suffering in their fight against insurgents and bandits must…
Saturday, February 25, 2023 presidential and national assembly elections held across Nigeria, have gone down in the political history of Nigeria as the most doubted elections and poorly organized with unbelievable, suspiciously doctored results but foolishly expected to be accepted and hailed by Nigerians despite glaring fraudulent activities, failed facilities and cases of compromise. Often in Nigeria, people contest election results because they always see issues from their own prism, which deserves no quarrel as a right. But they hardly consider historical antecedents, regional peculiarities, religious affiliations, and the sensibilities and orientation of others that make up the universe of…
Since 2015, I have been a politician on sabbatical leave with my return to mainstream journalism but privately providing strategies to politicians that ask for my service as they aspire to elective offices. I can still recall those old good days of active politicking at Keffi, street Obalende, Lagos where the national secretariat of the now defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN) was located. The politicking of today seems to be more scientific, corrupted, ruthless and lacking in ideology than the politics of those hectic and stressful but proud days. The February 25th presidential and national assembly elections were the…
Special Assistant (Special Duties) Office of the Deputy Speaker House of Representatives, Barr. Musa Adamu Idris Esq, has sounded a word of serious warning to those politicians in connivance with other trouble makers within Wase federal constituency of Plateau State trying to foment trouble due to the declaration of Ahmed Idris Wase as the duly elected representative of Wase federal constituency to desist in the interest of peace, brotherliness and the good of the federal constituency. According to him, the concluded House of Representatives election in Wase federal constituency which was keenly contested, was credible, free and fair, adding that…
Nigerians were at their various designated polling units on Saturday, February 25, 2023 and elected those they trust to pilot their affairs at two different strata of government for the next four years as enshrined in the operating 1999 constitution of the country (as amended). As we all know, democracy thrives on the willingness and ability of the people to participate in the political process. The political environment is expected to be free from inhibitions that obstruct freedom of expression. Political participation, political culture and political education are all critical elements of successful democracy. Technology is increasingly playing an invaluable…
When the Department of State Security (DSS) based on discreet information of corrupt practices labeled against some Justices of the Supreme Court, descended on residences of those corrupt judges and made several mind boggling discoveries at the early stage of the first term tenure of President Buhari. There were outcries of human right violation from the hypocrites in our midst in the temple of justice. Corruption was under perfection in the Supreme Court. When the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen was booted out disgracefully for corrupt enrichment, same hypocrites disturbed our peace, so was the case…
Nigeria, my dearest beloved country with tremendous endowments and abundant resources, is sadly, passing through the worst turbulent times of its history. Like a dying patient, it is struggling with deployed vigor for survival after it had been injected with the deadly vaccine of bad governance by quack political doctors, who are incapable, inexperienced, and extremely insincere in diagnosing the systems let alone the deadly infection. The laughable thing is their usual demonstration of pomposity, crudity, primitiveness and very notorious insistence on being the craftiest creation as the condition deteriorates further! This year’s general elections, therefore, are like a clinical…
Since the 1914 amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates that birthed the entity referred to as Nigeria, no sane person ever thought the hitherto bubbling and progressing Nigeria would degenerate to its present level of decay. Every other thing, including fresh air is under serious pollution due to clueless leadership. Politicians and their supporters have crawled to the next level of desperation to access power by hook or crook without iota of shame despite glaring failure in all fronts. The situation is unbelievable and sad. Nigerians are in a hot race for legal and illegal acquisition of wealth to…
In few days time, Nigerians may be trooping to various designated polling units located in various electoral wards throughout the federation to cast their votes for their most preferred candidates contesting electoral offices beginning with the presidential and national assembly elections in February. Since all politics is local as it is said, it is only appropriate to study closely the impact of the global crisis of the state we have been tracking on Africa’s most populous state, Nigeria. Like most African nations, Nigeria has been badly hit by the multi-dimensional effects of Covid-19 and the Ukrainian conflict. Economies have already…
It had never occurred to me in my wildest imagination that there will be a time in life a policy initiated by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) can be punctured by any living soul until when he left the Khaki for civil life as an elected president. When GMB became the tenant of Dodan Barracks vide a military coup in 1983, I was then a reporter with the rested Jos based weekly radical publication, The Analyst Magazine, and Dodan Barracks, the seat of power was my bit. As a curious radical journalist, I developed interest in the policy initiatives of Gen.…
I have overtime observed if there is any other storm that Nigeria should fear and worry about, and it’s the conduct of buccaneer newsmen and women of today. The later, comprising fortune hunting men and women, soullessly maul journalism into an appendage of terrorism for pecuniary gain. Politicians are not helping matters either as most if not all those handling the media aspects of politicians are not better than lapdogs and frustrated, street town criers. Their main preoccupation is to fabricate and concoct lies against the rising profiles of those identified opponents of their principals lacking substance and flesh of…
Show me a Nigeria Police Officer or other rank within the Nigeria Police Force that can be trusted and I will show you the devil that can also pass for your trust. The Nigerian Police Authority has failed to realize the simple fact that most Nigerians, if not all, have lost confidence and trust in its personnel. People are forced by prevailing circumstance to interact with the Police but without trust. The service has lost its credibility for any trust from the look of things. The Nigerian Police takes pride in inflicting injury, brutality or even murder of innocent suspects…
It baffles one to watch those tagged as political heavyweights, political juggernauts and seasoned political players with a pool of experience running from coast to coast seeking for endorsement from expired leaders who overtime, contributed to the underdevelopment of our motherland, created artificial unemployment to deny the educated children of the poor from easy access to government employment opportunities and jerked corrupt practices to the highest level. As the much trumpeted election year of 2023 is already with us, fittingly, former president Obasanjo got things off to a controversial start on the very first day with his endorsement of Peter…
By Sanusi Muhammad Godwin Emiefele is by appointment, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He was inherited and retained by President Muhammadu Buhari for reasons best known to Mr. President. The CBN Governor is by virtue of his appointment, expected to be part of the engine of the nation’s economic growth. Unfortunately, despite the confidence reposed in him by Mr. President, the economy is on its knees courtesy of poor economic policies and implementation spiced with suspected sharp corrupt practices. A cashless policy has been introduced supposedly to protect and project the economy while the convenience of carrying…
By Sanusi Muhammad Religion is now one of the foremost lucrative businesses in Nigeria that is abused for personal benefit. Nigerians have since aligned with corruption and religion to make easy bucks than toiling the soil or submitting applications seeking for jobs in public and private sectors and even contracts. The third easiest way to make cool money in Nigeria these days is to transform to either a bandit, kidnapper of cybercrime crook to make fast tax-free money. On the other hand, a political praise singer/thug to useless and empty political office seekers no matter how unqualified they may be…
By Sanusi Muhammad For Nigeria to move forward as a progressing entity with a promising future, the country desperately needs a ruthless leader supported by improved laws to handle its affairs. It needs a leader that knows what leadership entails and how to sanitize a corruption infested country where certified rogues and criminals are celebrated. Where the society celebrates crimes and provides protection to same criminals known to be looting and stealing from the majority. Nigerians had expected their exiting President Muhammadu Buhari to have introduced death sentence for identified criminals not only armed bandits and robbers but even the…
By Sanusi Muhammad At first, I never thought it necessary to repeat the obvious that Nigeria is a blessed country. It is so blessed that apart from its endowment with abundant natural and human resources, it is also blessed with a ray of certified heartless criminals and rogues who are celebrated and honored with chieftaincy and other titles while some, transform to leadership positions to garner respect to stabilize criminality in power. There is a typical case of one federal permanent secretary (rtd) who could not control his itchy fingers while in office. The rogue as alleged stole over…
The 2023 campaign kick-started since September 2022 according to the Electoral Umpire’s timetable and guideline for the campaign including the limitation of financial expenditure and adherence to the Electoral Act (amended). But other than the pretentious Labor Party (LP) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) that hope to defy gravity by winning without a structure, platform or even clear cut ideology, the two leading contenders for the presidential throne are at sixes and sevens in their parties, and sometimes at odds with the country itself. Their presidential primaries, more than the other tiers of primaries, have birthed a host of…
Through experience and in line of professional duty, one has unconsciously developed a thick skin against any negativity targeted at one for whatever reason, and by any person. Instead of getting emotionally disturbed or provoked, one drives enormous pleasure when under attack by whosoever cares to make the attack and for whichever reason. Hate speech has never and will never change my person. Instead, it sharpens my defence mechanism and courage to fight better. In our Nigeria of today, the political space is often fouled by extreme use of innuendo that incites hate, division, disregard and intolerance for opposing views…
It was the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu who on November 8, announced that the Commission had been joined as defendants in over 600 pre-election suits. These suits mostly arose from the political party primary elections conducted between May and June by over 20 registered political parties. Mahmoud stated thus: “Only two weeks ago, one political party served about 70 court processes on the Commission in one day seeking to compel us to accept the nomination or substitution of its candidates long after the deadline provided in the timetable and schedule of activities for…
