The Constitution anointed the people as the electorate. Yet, winners and losers in Nigerian elections are decided by a judicial selectorate that does not feel beholden to anything.
Protest is only haram when it’s about fighting for justice and asking the powerful people in authority to abandon their crass obsession with ‘primitive accumulation.’
The process now moves to the harmonisation stage.
Abuja can argue that the hardship is global and that the temporary difficulties will produce a better future. But as economists say, in the long run, we’re all dead.
We need a president who lives modestly, speaks plainly, and acts justly.
The time for Nigeria’s leaders to undertake decisive action is now.
The National Judicial Council seeks the benediction of judicial corruption into high virtues for which recidivist judges receive a year-long sabbatical.
The Senate President is an unparalleled truckload of national treasure.
President Tinubu may wish to be reminded that of the major misfortunes in life, few are as ruinous as the tragedy of fulfilled desires.