By Festus Adedayo Two pieces of literary works – Williams Stevenson’s thriller, Ninety Minutes at Entebbe and the film, The Last King of Scotland (2006) – plot the graph of the gradual emergence of despots. They were both x-rays of Ugandan despot, Idi Amin Dada of Uganda. Stevenson’s was an account of the June 27, […]
Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd) was the military governor of Kaduna State under the General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (Rtd) military regime. Umar who is a public commentator on national issues has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to address the issues of ethno-religious bias in his administration with the potentials of […]
By Jibrin Ibrahim Today is the anniversary of President Buhari’s fifth year in power and he has three more years to go before retiring to Daura to take care of his cows. In another year or two, the campaign for 2023 will take over the attention of the political class and governance would stop. This […]
.Tribute to a fallen comrade By Okey Nwanguma The news of the death of Uche Wisdom Durueke on the afternoon of 14 May, 2020 hit me with a devastating suddeness and benumbing shock. Words are not enough to adequately convey the enormity of my grief. My last communication with Durueke was on May 3, during […]
Former governor of Delta state, Chief James Onanefe Ibori has praised the sterling qualities of Nigeria’s late former president, Alhaji Umar Musa Yar’Adua Ibori in remembrance of the 10th year anniversary of the demise of the late statesman, eulogized Yar’Adua’s personality, academic credentials and leadership qualities. Posting via his twitter handle, @JamesIbori6, the former governor […]
.By Atiku Abubakar On Monday, April 27, 2020, British oil and gas giant, BP, became the latest in a growing number of energy firms to declare a massive quarterly loss. Their loss was in the region of $4.4 billion dollars. Bear in mind that this was a conglomerate that posted a $2.6 billion profit in […]
…Says, Ayade’s PhD may be fake A University lecturer, Dr. Nura Alkali has reacted to the recent viral video of the Governor of Crossriver state, Prof. Ben Ayade who was educating the Federal Government on what to do to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay. Ayade had discussed issues around immunology and processes of vaccine […]
.By Wale Adedayo Wickedness is the worst virtue any man can have. I am putting this out here because I know lots of us don’t know this gist. Two year ago, there was a misunderstanding between the then Minister of Health Isaac Adewole and Abba Kyari. The chief of staff wanted to control the activities […]
.By Ebun Adegboruwa SAN Yesterday, a friend called me that he was having difficulty breathing, he’s been weak and has pains in the heart. I immediately told him to race to Landmark isolation Centre in Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos. He went there straight but was turned back, as he was told that it’s only meant […]
.By Collins Opurozor Virtually all contractors in Imo State have just one story to tell: “Government functionaries are threatening to cancel our contracts if we cannot give them money”. Also, anyone who seeks audience with the Governor has invariably come out to allege: “They won’t let you see him if you don’t give them money”. […]
