Taiwo Adisa

By Taiwo Adisa Two incidents happened during the 1994/95 NYSC service year, which I was part of in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, and they gave me profound culture shocks that I still remember till today. I would equally say that…

By Taiwo Adisa Exactly a week ago, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar took out President Bola Tinubu’s policies and gave them uncomplimentary tags. He condemned the hasty implementation of the subsidy removal programme and…

By Taiwo Adisa Let me start by telling the Niger Delta militant, Mujahidin Asari Dokubo that his vituperations against the Yoruba ethnic group in his reaction to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to scrap the Ministry of…

By Taiwo Adisa In recent weeks, a drama with all the trappings of magic has been playing out between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and Dangote Refineries. Since the $20 billion refinery came into operation…

By Taiwo Adisa In the build-up to the 2015 election, when President Muhammadu Buhari mounted the podium to seek votes from Nigerians, he campaigned on three major fronts. He promised to fight insurgency, corruption, and rebuild…

When the Supreme Court of Nigeria on July 10 gave a landmark ruling granting financial autonomy to the 774 local governments operating in the country, the nation’s political firmament was thoroughly shaken. Some accused the apex…

By Taiwo Adisa On Monday, September 2, Nigeria took huge leaps towards ending a 28-year scourge of fuel importation, when Dangote Refineries announced the commencement of the production of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called…

By Taiwo Adisa In October 2001, the management of The Punch sent me to the South-East, ostensibly to coordinate political reporting for the newspaper in the zone ahead of the 2003 elections. I then made Abia my base, from where I roved…

Since the July 11 judgment of the Supreme Court, which granted financial autonomy to the 774 local governments in the country, voices have been divided about the true say of the 1999 Constitution and the take of the apex…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been at it in recent conversations. Western democracy is not working for Africa, so, we need a homegrown democratic model that will work for us. He suggested what he called “afro-democracy.”…