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…
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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…
Portrait of the tiger Ambode rode
Bola Tinubu, left, and Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. Photo: Courtesy Vanguard By Yinka Odumakin LOUIS XIV was King of France for 72 years and 110 days and became the most powerful French monarch who consolidated a…
Reflection on Ambode’s ouster
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State. By Tony Iyare Nothing really has been as revolting as what turned out as the virtual deployment of a bulldozer to stop and annihilate anyone angling for Governor Akinkunmi…
HELP, HELP, A COMPROMISED INEC IS MURDERING NIGERIA’S HARD EARNED DEMOCRACY
BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME,SAN,OFR,FCIArb,Ph.D The announcement by INEC, that the Osun state election conducted on Saturday,22nd September2018,was inconclusive and the fixing of 27th of September for a so called rerun, is a dangerous subversion and…
The Nigerian media: An estate under siege
By Chinwe Maduagwu (The media in Nigeria has faced and is still facing serious attack under the present APC-led government. Without exception, the federal and state governments have used the instruments of law and the…
Moving on to the bigger playing field
By Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan The toughest challenge for any leader in the Niger Delta since 1997 has been the issue of Peace and Security. For over 12 years, I was deeply involved in the…