Buhari’s Gadaffi
Thank God that the arguments on whether President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term or not have been settled…
Oyo 2019: Why Oke-Ogun should present Okediran as consensus candidate
POLITICAL calculations, permutations, alignment, re-alignments and persuasions have all started in earnest since February 14, 2018 when the Independent National…
Ambode: Between projects and merit votes
PENULTIMATE Monday, Christendom’s Easter Monday, Lagosians woke up to behold their governor Mr Akinwunmi Ambode move from one place to…
Why I’ll vote Buhari again and again, by Femi Adesina
THE greatest talking point in our country this week has been the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that he would…
Nigerian Army and Buratai’s insatiable appetite for fiscal discipline
A most cardinal policy and the principle of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government right from inception is hinged on ensuring…
Reflecting on Buhari’s visit to Lagos
YOUR Excellency, on behalf of our state’s estimated 20 million residents, let me say congratulations on a safe and uneventful…
Ekiti 2018: Fayemi and the rest of us
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to publicly say it. That seems to…
Buratai and the human side of a military
Bad news spreads like wildfire. A growing body of evidence illustrates the human tendency to prioritize negative over positive news…
Redeeming Nigeria: Technical education to the rescue
Being part of the 80th Anniversary Planning Committee of my alma mater, one of the most prominent secondary schools in…
PDP, APC’s own goals in treasury-looting game
I personally consider the timing of the apology rendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) through its national chairman, Prince…
Nigerian Army: Forgotten in bowels of patriotism?
EVERY day, we spare time to pray for our beloved ones, mostly family members. Once in a while, we find…
Of fake and adulterated drugs
A medical doctor who is a consultant surgeon performed a surgical operation and immediately recommended an anti-biotic tablet that will…
Transformation of FMC, Makurdi
I believe everyone knows the medical facilities in Benue state are overstretched at the moment. The recurring bloodbath in the…
The Offa massacres
ELIE Wiesel says and I quote: ‘for the dead and the living. we must bear witness.” I am sure many…
Reforming Nigerian prisons
The establishment of the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) dates before 1861 when the agency switched to the western-type prison system.…
Ayem Akapatema: Why the cats can’t stop the race now
When President Muhammadu Buhari approved the conduct of the Exercise Ayem Akpatema, an operational name derived from Tiv vernacular, meaning…
Hate speech redefined
I wouldn’t know where the bogus concept of hate speech came from or who brought up the idea to the…
The essential David Mark @70
id mark“Paint my picture truly like me,” Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) told the artist about to paint his portrait, “pimples, warts,…
As Buhari navigates APC through the storm…
I would like to state prestissimo, and from the outset of this lucubration, that I do not doubt the capacity…
Buhari, Tinubu and 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium
This year’s Bola Tinubu Colloquium, marking the 66th birthday of Asiwaju Tinubu, may have come and gone, but it was…
