2019: Between loose broom and the ‘safe’ umbrella
The tactical retreat of about 40 members of the National Assembly from the broom party is symbolic and instructive. It affirms the slogan of the ruling party: CHANGE. Oludayo Tade OH My home, Oh My...
View ArticleNigeria Police and the populace
Some argue that the Nigerian Police have done excellently well in law enforcement even though they rank third as the least equipped force in the world. Promise Adiele Femi Osofisan’s play Morountodun...
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Nigeria Air: Let there be clarity
With the government’s poor record on management of public enterprises… the first thing to do is to have Nigerians on the same page on this project. Let there be clarity on Nigeria Air. Wale Sokunbi...
View ArticleReviewing the harvest of defection
Despite these turn of events, APC is still exercising its bragging rights. When Buba Galadima came out with R-APC, there was room for rapprochement. Joe Iniodu In the last few days, the most used...
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Treason in Benue State
Lewis Obi In any country that takes democracy seriously, the eight men who filed articles of impeachment against the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Monday would have been arrested for...
View ArticleThe gale of defections
The stunning thing is that these gales of politicking and defection are happening in the face of other trends that should have left the nation better off than worse. Jerome-Mario Utomi As a lad growing...
View ArticleSaraki’s defection and change of order
The political order has changed. It is hoped that the opposition PDP would take this great advantage of the return of the Senate President and other allies Femi Salako International news agency,...
View ArticleBenefits of polling to elections in Nigeria
Besides its obvious application in the development of campaign strategy, polling is useful for formulating political ideology and public policy… Mfon Eyoma There is virtually no other field of human...
View ArticlePrioritising the quest for productivity
The first and most important reason why you should take the issue of productivity seriously is because your time is limited and you ought to make it count for something worthwhile. Akintola Benson-Oke...
View ArticleAbsurd world and Nigeria’s politics
It is also absurd that Nigeria that ships out about 2 million barrels of crude need to import mere 20,000 barrels to service such a refinery. Victor C. Ariole If (as women) you are playing football...
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Constitutional aberration in Benue State
The attempt by eight members of the Benue State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Samuel Ortom, simply because he defected to the PDP nothing but a constitutional aberration. Robert Obioha Two...
View ArticleMonetisation of the electoral process
Are people deliberately allowed to wallow in poverty so as to achieve a cheap electoral victory? How come there is always enough cash to spend during election period? Itaobong Offiong Etim The...
View ArticleBetween broom revolution and umbrella united
In 2014, to actualize a change of government against admitted maladroitness then, some radical forces fused which led to the broom revolution Carl Umegboro Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria will...
View ArticleBoosting breastfeeding in Nigeria
Breastfeeding reduces ill health in children, improves their educational potential and probably their earnings as adults. Rasak Musbau World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from August 1-7...
View ArticleAfrica still needs strong men
Africa, bedeviled on all fronts, laid back and stunted in growth in every ramification and lagging behind the rest of the world, still needs strong men Paul Ojenagbon Former United States President,...
View ArticleMass defection and 2019 election
The electorate will be watching with keen interest the next steps that the PDP takes from this point in the countdown to the 2019 election Olusola Sanni It has come and gone that 52 members of the All...
View ArticleCan Nigeria be saved? The G57 thinks so
One in every six Africans is a Nigerian and 10 per cent of all black people on earth are Nigerians. By 2050, Nigeria will become the third largest nation on earth and 67 per cent of the population...
View ArticleFilling the gap in 2019
In Nigeria, the situation is pathetic. We are at crossroads like America, Britain, China, and France once were. Presently, Abuja is a dispenser of life in Nigeria. It is being successfully clogged....
View ArticleVote-buying: An old political stench
The electoral act makes vote-buying a crime but the real question is does this provision really tackle this voting-buying stench? Uwemedimoh Umanah Vote-Buying in Nigeria is not a new sport. Just like...
View ArticleIs Christopher Okigbo’s star here again with us?
Governance is on hold. But the grip of poverty on the citizen isn’t on hold. It is hastening the arrival of Christopher Okigbo’s recurring star. Banji Ojewale An old star departs, leaves us here on...
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