Reuben Abati

Note this: Very few Nigerian politicians would easily admit that they are in pursuit of their own vaulting ambition, with an eye on profitable return on investment. They are likely to tell you that they are in the race because they have…

The international community must be wondering what kind of people are actually in charge in Nigeria. The relationship between the legislature and the executive arms of government at the centre, not at any time a good example, has been…

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the “factional” leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has reportedly asked Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki to resign his position as Senate President.

When we wrote much earlier that the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nigeria’s ruling party, was a coalition of strange bedfellows and a one-chance special purpose vehicle to get rid of President Goodluck Jonathan

I have up until this moment resisted the temptation to comment on the just concluded gubernatorial election in Ekiti State for the simple reason that the more the facts of the process emerged, the more confusing they seemed. About a week…

I want to commend Ms Vera Songwe and her team at the ECA for putting together what turned out to be a befitting tribute and a fruitful symposium. Out of all the events that have been organized in celebration of the passing of Prof. Adebayo…

As a human being, Adedibu was obviously a strong grassroots mobiliser. He was also a strong religious and community leader – he built 18 mosques - but his legacy of stomach infrastructure and political manipulation cannot endure in the long…

Strategy: Long before now, the Buhari government had needed to review its strategy of engagement with the public, move from blame-passing, propaganda, in-fighting, enemy-seeking approach to a more legacy-driven, result-oriented mode.

The APC coalition is not the first in the history of Nigerian politics, but it is perhaps the most impactful - even if driven by hate speech, populist propaganda and mass hysteria and hypnotism

Upon his assumption of office in Nigeria in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari, recognizing this fact, decided that he would focus on the abuse of campaign financing and tackle electoral corruption. The way he has gone about it and the…

Allegations of missing money are often translated into naked truth, in this season, without due reflection, and regard for the facts of the case. This is so, in this instance, because of reports of corruption involving and surrounding the…

His Lordship Justice Binta Nyako at the Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory last Friday gave an instructive, landmark judgment in the matter between Mohammed Bello Adoke and the Attorney General of the Federation on…

This emphasis on ideology, party politics, and Awoism is important as an entry point into the interrogation of Chief Ayo Adebanjo’s politics

This is the underlying principle of a parliamentary system of government, and even in other forms of government including a Presidential system, the opposition provides checks and balances, it is a kind of alternative government, a…

It is an essential part of African tradition and culture that when people host you in their homes, treat you with courtesy, open their doors to you, even if the dinner they serve you is the worst you have ever had, you are still required to…

Communication is important in tax administration. While it is natural for people to oppose any form of taxation, a tax system must be seen to be fair, just and equitable. The current resistance to taxation in Lagos and other parts of…

The second wave of democratization in Africa, beginning in the 80s, and the gradual establishment of democracy as the new normal in the continent brought much hope and excitement. As we have seen in the recent intervention by the military…

Karma is a bitch. Poetic justice is a bastard. Both have combined to wrong-foot the incumbent Buhari administration to make it look like a big mistake and an act of misjudgment by the Nigerian electorate

In more direct language, what I am trying to draw attention to is how in recent times, despite the fact that we are under a democratic dispensation, there has been a seeming militarization of the political space, by the incumbent political…

I have a confession to make. I worked in government until recently but I am frightened by the manner in which wild animals are now all over the place. When public officials talk, they see animals