April 20, 2023

Adamawa Guber: Yakubu Has Completely Ruined INEC

April 20, 2023 5:50 am

There is nothing currently happening that suggests that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu will not end up on the wrong side of history when the chips are down. In Nigeria, quite a number of jobs within the public space are by nature thankless regardless of the efforts one puts in, but a job can be done so badly. For the INEC chair, what would he will be remembered for are the ugly episodes and memories of failure which he promoted to alarming levels.

Professor Yakubu came at a time when all the tools …

Gang Of Looters: Part 8

April 20, 2023 5:40 am

The seemingly calm demeanour of Kulala Bodega was simply a facade, one that made it look like he was immune to the spreading allegations against him and the protesting people outside of his office.

He had left his house after the consolation and encouragement from his wife, Awiti, into the bewildered face of his personal assistant and the debilitating drive to his office. The fact that his re-election posters had been smeared and tampered with showed him how the people now saw him.

He did not have the time to wallow in regret because he had more pressing issues to …

$800m Palliatives: Buhari’s Last Looting Package

April 20, 2023 3:45 am

With barely 40 days to the end of his constitutionally allowed eight-year stay in office, President Muhammadu Buhari and his criminally-minded gang of looters are obviously not done ransacking Nigeria’s resources. His actions and inactions since he took over the reins of power eight years ago have clearly shown how much he hates the country he desperately sought to lead.

Most of the people who ignorantly imposed Buhari on Nigerians in 2015 did so for many reasons, prominent amongst them being the result of his perceived anti-corruption stance. He projected himself as an anti-corruption champion who will stamp out corruption …