South Sudan crisis: Lesson for rabid secessionists
The month of July, 2011 marked a turning point in the history of South Sudan. Not only did it eventually come out of over two and half decades of a bloody civil war in Sudan after intense struggle with...
View ArticleJonathan’s agriculture revolution: Matters forgotten
It is an old story in Nigeria – the story of ‘political farmers’ who routinely hijacked every incentive or initiative introduced by the government for Nigerians in the agriculture sector. From...
View ArticleAPC is dividing Nigeria, PDP alleges
Former military Head of state and chieftain of opposition All Peoples Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari alongside Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi may have lost out in their bid for 2015...
View ArticleSEC indicts Sterling Registrars, 6 others over unlawful shares allotment
Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC has announced it has indicted Sterling Registrars Limited and six other persons as respondents for unlawful allotment of shares. The culprits were allegedly...
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2015: APC dumps Buhari, Amaechi
•Mulls Tambuwal, Fashola ticket Former military Head of state and chieftain of opposition All Peoples Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari alongside Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi may have lost...
View ArticleIyabo Obasanjo’s mirror
Last week, the (Nigerian) Vanguard newspaper published the text of an open letter that Iyabo Obasanjo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s first daughter, had written to her father. It is a...
View Article2013 and its attendant political upheavals
The year 2013 would surely go down as a defining period in Nigeria’s political history. Of course, one of the major political developments that was widely greeted with cheers and jeers was the eventual...
View ArticleAnambra LG poll will be free, fair – Gov Obi
The Anambra state governor, Mr. Peter Obi has reaffirmed that it is only the electorate will determine winners of the forth coming Local Government election in the State. Obi gave this hint yesterday...
View ArticleShekarau’s camp denies visit to Kwankwaso
Ex-governor Ibrahim Shekarau’s camp in the All Progressive Congress APC has dissociated itself from the visit of some top members of the defunct All Nigeria People Party, ANPP to the incumbent Kano...
View ArticleAnambra LG Poll: Protest votes loom in APGA
Sequel to the agitations by some councillorship and chairmanship aspirants who insist that they are authentic candidates that emerged during the primaries, All Progressives Grand Alliance, yesterday...
View ArticleTambuwal’s ultimate mistake
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal is about to make a major political mistake that could just catapult him to the abyss of irrelevance. Abyss, that cold room of irrelevance in the...
View ArticlePlight of our children
plight of children all around the world remains a frontline topic at big and small conferences, in the families and at different institutions. In all countries that are ravaged by war or civil,...
View ArticleOpen letter to a new generation
The thing about age is, it is catching. It’s like a hysterical jester lying in wait for the fool.I want to tell you about Mrs Okoro. Before l turned nine, school was a vaguely irritating distraction...
View ArticleASUU and the imperative of self assessment
Another round of ASUU strike has just ended and I personally do not congratulate any of the two parties simply because the damage has been done. The losses are many: a lost session, backlogs of...
View ArticleMy sweet encounter with LASTMA, Police
This article is not intended to launder the image of anybody but a conscientious exercise to purge myself of some guilt. Since I had carpeted an entire corps because of an ‘isolated’ case that I...
View ArticleCase for dialogue without constitutional strings
The decision to host a national dialogue in the wake of many National problems is good. It should be seen as opportunity for citizens to participate in decision-making aimed at finding solutions to...
View ArticleRivers emerges champions as Maryam Babangida Tennis ends
The 3rd Maryam Babangida Memorial National Junior Tennis Championship ended at the Minna Sports Club, Niger State with Fortune Aniso and Godsgift Timibra both of Rivers State emerging champions in the...
View ArticleBash Ali’s Guinness World record fight: Pomp as Minister inaugurates LOC
Fifty-eight year-old Nigeria’s boxing legend, Bash Ali showed his dance steps with hordes of drum-beating fans moments after the country’s sports minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi finally inaugurated a...
View ArticleBishaw backs Mikel to win CAF award
Coach of the Ethiopian national team Sewnet Bishaw has tipped John Mikel Obi to win the Player of the Year award at the upcoming Glo/CAF African Football Awards. While revealing his great admiration...
View ArticleCHAN CUP: Bauchi SWAN charges Eagles to excel
The Nigeria Football Federation has been called upon to provide all the necessary support to the Super Eagles in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) that is expected to commence this weekend in far...
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