Olaogun Michael

I woke up this morning with heavy burden in my heart on how we get to where we are as a nation.  While few may justify that things are well, I am aware that many are not finding life very easy. In fact, life is not worth living for some.  Look around you, you can visibly see POVERTY, HUNGER, PENURY and HARDSHIP.  I have seen men who are "good" at helping others now in need of help. Not because they were careless, but the negative economic patterns has badly affected them. Sadly, it appears that WICKEDNESS is now normalized among our leaders and their cronies. Their actions reflects "to hell with you all." I am convinced, that something thinkable/unthinkable lies ahead of us as a nation. The signs are clear. The cloud is getting darker and thicker. I hope our duty bearers take the needed actions with compassion. Time is going.

As Nigeria gravitates toward the 2027 general elections, the wave of unregulated force of artificial intelligence is quietly and gradually reshaping the political landscape. While AI promises efficiency, innovation and economic growth, its darker applications , particularly in the political arena pose s a serious threat to the credibility and stability of Nigeria’s staggering democracy. The concern is no longer hypothetical as the e vidence from Nigeria’s 2023 elections and global electoral cycles shows that AI-driven disinformation is evolving fast as it is dramatically lower ing the barrier to producing convincing false content.   Across social media platforms, fake videos, cloned voices and AI-generated images are being created cheaply and circulated widely. Interestingly , AI-generated media contents are becoming so realistic that distinguishing truth from fabricat ed lies often required expert analysis rather than common sense.  In Nigeria, where social ...

  The Nigeria’s fiscal process has been throne into a state of confusion since the assumption of President Bola Tinubu as the President. The nation's fiscal management has struggled with consistency leading to the overlapping budgets of 2024, 2025 and 2026 which was recently passed by the National Assembly. This act highlight s a deeper, more troubling pattern , one that raises serious questions about planning, discipline and the government’s commitment to effective economic governance. Across the world and i n principle, a budget is meant to operate within a single fiscal year, providing a clear road-map for revenue generation and public spending. Since 2024, the reality has been far from this ideal. The 2024 budget cycle extended well into 2025, with capital projects and releases still ongoing even as the 2025 budget was being implemented. Now, as the 2026 budget comes into focus, the country finds itself juggling three fiscal frameworks at once , each competing for atten...

  Nigeria today increasingly reflects the dangerous symptoms of state capture.    Nigerians have become so accustomed to stories of corruption, insecurity, judicial manipulation among others, that many now treat as normal. But the deeper crisis is that public institutions themselves are gradually losing independence and becoming instruments of elite survival rather than guardians of public interest. Across the country, there is a growing perception that institutions which should serve as checks on executive excesses are becoming weaker. The legislature often appears more interested in political alignment than robust oversight. Regulatory agencies are frequently accused of selective enforcement. Anti-corruption campaigns are sometimes seen through partisan lenses. Even the judiciary, which should remain the final hope of the ordinary citizen, increasingly faces public skepticism whenever politically sensitive judgments are delivered. While many may have perceived state ca...