Bayo Onanuga

1 week ago | realnewsmagazine.net | Bayo Onanuga

My response to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's statement on President Tinubu's administration 5 MIN READ Opinion By Bayo OnanugaMY attention has just been drawn to former vice-president Atiku Abubakar’s vitriol against the Tinubu administration and the person of President Bola Tinubu. Every line of the blanket criticism reeks of hate. Except ex-VP Atiku was beclouded when spewing his criticism, why did he not admit some good deeds by this government in the last two years?

1 week ago | newdawnngr.com | Bayo Onanuga

By Bayo OnanugaMy attention has just been drawn to former vice-president Atiku Abubakar’s vitriol against the Tinubu administration and the person of President Bola Tinubu. Every line of the blanket criticism reeks of hate. Except ex-VP Atiku was beclouded when spewing his criticism, why did he not admit some good deeds by this government in the last two years?

2 weeks ago | nairaland.com | Bayo Onanuga

President Tinubu meets with Peter Obi, Fayemi at the VaticanPresident Bola Tinubu, Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential candidate, and former Ekiti governor Kayode Fayemi met at Pope Leo XIV's installation mass on Sunday in Rome. Fayemi sighted President Tinubu, where he sat with other leaders and asked Obi to follow him to pay homage to the Nigerian leader. Obi agreed. On getting to the President, Fayemi broke the ice between Obi and Tinubu.

1 month ago | thisage.com.ng | Babafemi Ojudu |Bayo Onanuga |Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Ojudu, rightI have pondered on this for a long time, and I must now give voice to it—before we are once again used and discarded, before we are called out, not to think, but to chant. In less than two years, another round of elections will arrive. And, like clockwork, those who sit in power—feeling threatened—will summon a familiar refrain: “Yoruba Ronu!” Think, Yoruba, think! But is it really about thinking? Or is it just another ploy to manipulate and distract?

1 month ago | realnewsmagazine.net | Bayo Onanuga

Akinwumi Adesina's claims on Nigeria's GDP per capita: The facts tell different story 4 MIN READ Opinion By Bayo OnanugaA few days ago, outgoing AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina claimed that Nigerians today are worse off than in 1960, basing his conclusion on figures that do not align with available data. According to Nairametrics, he claimed that Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 1960 was $1847 and that it is $824 today. The quoted figures are not correct.