Ekiti, Segun Oni’s suspension, Fayemi and Supreme Court judgement
We will start by first making reference to the letter written and signed by six leaders of the ruling party from Ekiti State to the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Interestingly, all the...
View ArticleOruku/Umuode: Ugwuanyi’s magic wand at play
By Chuks Ugwoke Boundary matters, whether between communities, states and nations, are always emotional and complicated. As such, disputes arising from ownership of such boundaries are usually...
View ArticleWalking the talk on the Almajiri conundrum
Ayo Baje “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” -Malcolm X The recent presidential directive by Muhammadu Buhari for the North to do...
View ArticleRenewed efforts to tackle Lagos gridlock
Tayo Ogunbiyi Being a cosmopolitan city, access to a highly organized public transportation system remains one of the major challenges of Lagos residents. As it is with similar cities such as New...
View ArticleGovernance by exception
Victor C. Ariole The right law that is organized towards the wellbeing of people the road that leads to multiple joy, the truth that is love and charity sustainability driven; that is the embodiment of...
View ArticleDimgba Igwe, Tunji Oseni & others: A memorial
When I left The Post Express as its editor in controversial circumstances, the next port of call was New Age as a member of the Editorial Board and double-columnist. The moment I arrived at the Iganmu...
View ArticleA chilling confession of ‘Yahoo boy’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Office, Calabar, Cross River State, made huge arrests early last month. One of those in EFCC net is not an ordinary suspect. His profile...
View ArticleEU election report: Straight from Janus!
Banji Ojewale Janus was the Roman mythological god that had two faces, front and back. One lookedbackwards into the past, with the other gazing forward into the future. Heaven help you if you lost...
View ArticleAPC, NASS leadership and micro-zoning
Michael Jegede “The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.” – Edward Gibbon (British MP, between 1774 and 1784) Following...
View ArticleAlliance for injustice
Jerome-Mario Utomi The Multi-purpose Hall, in Alapere, a Lagos suburb, venue of the stage drama was filled to the brim. The stage was lavishly decorated to impress, and it did impress. Guests were...
View ArticleNigeria’s worsening security situation
Promise Adiele I do not get unduly worried when some people argue that Nigeria is gradually sliding into a totalitarian state. Rather, I am deeply worried about the conspiratorial silence on the part...
View ArticleBayelsa 2020: The contenders and pretenders
Joshua Ebiegberi On February 14, 2020, the only Valentine’s Day governor in Nigeria would bid farewell to the Creek Haven seat of power in Bayelsa State. That day, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson...
View ArticleThe 2023 presidency and the South East
Jude Chidozie Anyanwu Though the 2023 date for another round of presidential poll is about four years ahead, the politicians are already taking positions on what to do and what not to do. Since the...
View ArticleWhat the president should do
Chiedu Uche Okoye Were millions of Nigerians not exhilarated when Muhammadu Buhari defeated Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 Presidential election? Their joyous celebration of his electoral victory...
View ArticleNigeria: Widening income inequality
In Oxfam report headlined on January 20, 2014, “Rigged rules mean economic growth increasingly “winner takes all” for rich elites all over world,” it said, “Wealth of half the world’s population now...
View ArticleFor a greater Lagos
Fola Adeyemi Lagos, the nation’s ‘Center of Excellence, is unique in many perspectives. It is the most populous State in Nigeria as well as the leading non oil sector contributor to the country’s Gross...
View ArticleThe ‘garnishing’ of Imo
Steve Osuji That the eight-year reign of Governor Rochas Okorocha left Imo State a wasteland is common knowledge to most Imo people. Our people are not stupid. Indeed, they are witnesses to the...
View ArticleHow 100 million Nigerians can be lifted out of poverty
Charles Onunaiju At the event to mark the significance of the widely acclaimed credible, free and fair but annulled election held on June 12, 1993, and honour its presumed winner, late MKO Abiola,...
View ArticleLawan, pax-Nigeriana and Adedayo symbolism
The appointment of Festus Adedayo, columnist and member of Tribune Editorial Board, as a special adviser on media to the senate president, Ahmad Lawan, and the sudden withdrawal of the same, evidently...
View ArticleSuicide: From frying pan to fire
Victoria Ngozi Ikeano “Church’s gospel artiste commits suicide “Oko Polytechnic student commits suicide “40 year-old teacher commits suicide “How 300 level Uniben student committed suicide “Another...
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