Transition Hours: President Jonathan writes back
By Reuben Abati “There was no bitterness in him after he left power. He did not look back. He did not look down. Instead he looked up and after looking up, he looked forward and…
Category: Features
2019: Before you make your choice
By Ken Ugbechie Before you make your choice of president in the February 2019 presidential election, there are critical factors you must consider. Nigeria has been managed by tough men, real toughies like Olusegun Obasanjo,…
President Buhari’s non-existent school certificate
By Femi Aribisala “Kemi Adeosun resigned because she did not have an NYSC certificate and submitted instead a forged document. Buhari should resign because he does not have a school-leaving certificate and also submitted a…
Portrait of the tiger Ambode rode (3)
By Yinka Odumakin My first encounter with Akinwumi Ambode was at the Ikeja home of late General Adeyinka Adebayo the day after his transition.I was exchanging pleasantries with Otunba Niyi Adebayo when he walked in…
2019: The APC gaffe in fielding Ogboru against Okowa
By Charles Okogene At a time, the word equity was the sing song, especially, among the political class in the oil-rich Delta State. It was a word introduced into the state’s political lexicon by the…
Tinubu’s feudalisation of Lagos State politics
/ By Olu Fasan Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, has been thrown under the bus. He will not serve a second term in office not because the people of Lagos state rejected him in…
Portrait of the tiger Ambode rode (2)
By Yinka Odumakin IN 1999, the entire South West was under the control of the Alliance for Democracy, AD. When we were approaching the 2003 elections, I told my boss, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, to…
Still, in defense of lasting values
Prof. Niyi Osundare By Niyi Osundare Full text of the lecture by Professor Niyi Osundare to mark the second inauguration of Dr. John Kayode Fayemi as Governor of Ekiti state. The lecture was delivered in…
What Editors saw of Okowa’s strides in Delta
Teachers' Professional Development Centre, building under construction at Owa-Oyibu, Ika North East, Delta State. By Chukwudi Abiandu Asaba 2018, the 14th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference of the Nigerian Guild of Editor that held in the…
What today tells about 2019
By Ikechukwu Chukwudi With the conclusion of the selection process of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for 2019, we can now look at their present standing statistically and assess their numerical advantage as a political…