Revisiting APC’s disqualification of Shittu, Alhassan
IT is no longer news that the screening of aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with…
Third force: How has it fared?
THEORETICALLY, Nigeria operates a multi party system which allows creation of as many political parties as possible. Practically, however, Nigeria…
Seven lessons from Lagos APC governorship primary
ONE of the enduring takeaways from the book, Thirteen Days, by Robert Kennedy, the younger brother of President John F.…
13.2 million children out of school in Nigeria!
“Education is our passport to the future, for, tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today” –Malcolm –X FORMER…
NEMA: Welcome back my country
Human beings are prone to calamities which, in most cases, are beyond human imagination and control. These calamities are capable…
The Alaafin institution and national rebirth
The Oyo as it is known today may not be as expansive and popular as it was in the previous…
General Abubakar and his peace sermon
Donated by General Abdulsalami A. Abubakar on November 1998 and commissioned by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on February 2001, the…
Atiku: An inch away from PDP presidential ticket
In life, no season remains forever and similarly, situations also change one after another. When a storm emerges in an…
This boggy called corruption by APC
THERE are a few things that people like me have said about politics in Nigeria, ad nauseam, especially lately; and…
Osun election: INEC needs to up its game
DURING his screening exercise before the senate prior to his confirmation as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…
Buhari’s electoral invincibility: The fact, fiction
IT is generally believed that President Muhammadu Buhari has a near unshakeable stranglehold on the electorate in the North, especially…
Between party loyalty and good governance
THE current political show in Lagos State began as a mere speculation and one instance of fake news being campaigned…
Nigeria: The Tambuwal template
Most of the presidential aspirants prancing all over the place today do not really have specific, practical and implementable policy…
Truth behind ANN presidential primaries
In a time such as this, where there is clamour for power and political unrest, where surprises are springing up…
Nigeria @58: Nigeria needs a hero
As Nigeria celebrates 58 years of its independence, one question still remains, “are we truly independent”? Are we independent from…
Of PDP’s convention,Wike and Port Harcourt venue
OPPOSITION by former governor of Rivers State and current minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, to Nyesom Wike succeeding him…
Rising threat of resistance to drugs
“When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we’d have the resistance problem we face today. We didn’t give…
Addressing the plight of Niger Delta
THE Niger Delta, as a geographical entity, her folks and the enormous gift of nature (crude oil) have been the…
Pocket money syndrome and necessity of restructuring
POCKET money” is a descriptive phrase for the stipends usually given by parents or caregivers to their kids or wards…
Of shipping business and its environmental hazards
THE shipping business is evolving by the day, which can be attributed to the global demand of movement of goods,…
