THE INFRASTRUCTURAL REVOLUTION IN ADAMAWA STATE
A silent revolution is taking place in Adamawa state – the infrastructural type – which is completely transforming the landscape of Yola, the state capital, and other major towns. The Continue Reading
NO IMAGINARY STORM AFTER AN IMAGINARY CALM A failed Houdini Act Aishatu Dahiru Binani, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 elections in Adamawa state, walked herself Continue Reading
BINANI: HOW NOT TO RETAIN SYMPATHY
Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (Binani) and Peter Obi are doing the same thing to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) – chiselling at the integrity of the electoral umpire. The supporters Continue Reading
BINANI AND THE EFFECTS OF POWER VIAGRA
A near combustible situation was averted in Yola, Adamawa state capital – a needless situation generated by desperation and unbridled ambition garbed in recklessness. There was an attempted civilian coup Continue Reading
MY ADAMAWA PEOPLE, AS WE GO TO THE POLLS
As we go to the polls once more to elect a governor for our dear state, I am writing this piece with a heavy heart because of the toxic environment Continue Reading
WHY FINTIRI NEED NOT CAMPAIGN
The season of campaigns and political rallies has reached its zenith and we are already on the last lap of the campaigns. The elections are just around the next bend; Continue Reading
GIVE TO CEASER WHAT IS UNTO CEASER
GIVE TO CEASER WHAT IS UNTO CEASER The people of Adamawa State and the immediate catchment areas of the Modibbo Adama University (MAU) Yola are now enjoying the full compliments Continue Reading
A YEAR WITHOUT MY MOTHER
This is about the twentieth time I have been trying to write a tribute to my late mother in the past twenty-four hours but each time I put my fingers Continue Reading
MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE FAILED US
President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians. Twice. He has woefully failed the expectations of most of his dyed-in the wool supporters who has supported him through thick and thin from Continue Reading
THE SELECTION OF PROF. KALETAPWA FARAUTA:
THE SELECTION OF PROF. KALETAPWA FARAUTA: CHECK AND CHECKMATE The selection of Professor Kaletapwa Farauta as the running mate to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri may proof to be a win-win Continue Reading
EMPOWERMENT AND HANDOUTS
Babayola M. Toungo There has been some hullaballoo in the past week in Adamawa state (or otherwise), depending on who is doing the talking, on the state government’s refusal for Continue Reading
THE NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BILL 2022
Babayola M. Toungo The reintroduction of the National Water Resources Bill 2022 generated a flurry of reactions from diverse stakeholders that highlighted sundry and varying shades of opinions and even Continue Reading
ADAMAWA STATE: AS 2023 BECKONS
ADAMAWA STATE: AS 2023 BECKONS Babayola M. Toungo During a press conference to kick-start his quest for the gubernatorial seat of Adamawa state in 2019, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, Continue Reading
The Politics of Political Overdose
In politics, victory often carries within it the seeds of future defeat. Parties collapse not only from weakness but sometimes from excessive strength. What appears as expansion may in fact Continue Reading
From Democracy to Domination
Democracy, at its core, is not merely the ritual of elections but the architecture of inclusion – an ever-expanding arena where voices, interests, and identities contend in pursuit of collective Continue Reading
All Stake, No Share: Nigeria’s Inclusive Exclusion
They call them “stakeholders,” with the solemnity of a boardroom oath and the smug assurance of men who have never had to itemize survival. It is a word that arrives Continue Reading
The Lagos Republic and Its 35 Satellites
In a country where expectations are historically low but somehow still manage to be unmet, the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu has boldly charted a new course: redefining what it Continue Reading
Between Appropriation and Reality – The Crisis of Budget Credibility in Nigeria
Nigeria’s 2026 budget, assented to by Bola Ahmed Tinubu with all the ceremonial gravity of statecraft, presents itself as a monumental fiscal undertaking – ₦68.32 trillion in projected expenditure, a Continue Reading
A Nation Powered by Generators, Ruled by Solar
The defining image of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidency will not be one of reform carefully explained or sacrifice collectively embraced. It will be remembered, instead, as a moment of Continue Reading
Democracy on Life Support
Nigeria’s political space is not merely shrinking – it is being deliberately constricted, engineered into a narrow corridor where dissent is tolerated only in symbolic doses and opposition is permitted Continue Reading
A Nation Mortgaged, A Region Enriched
Nigeria is not merely borrowing – it is drifting into a new architecture of dependence, one constructed not by external colonial powers, but by internal choices that replicate the same Continue Reading
The Ritual of the Presidential Detainee
Nigeria’s political history since the return to civilian rule in 1999 has produced a curious and troubling pattern – one that is rarely acknowledged openly but is nonetheless visible to Continue Reading
If the Bases Come, the Missiles Will Follow
If the Bases Come, the Missiles Will Follow The widening arc of confrontation between the United States and Iran has once again revealed a recurring pattern in the architecture of Continue Reading