PERSPECTIVE – Osun guber and Oyetola’s fulfilled mandate
By Abiodun Komolafe “You (Governor Oyetola) are doing well. You will complete this term and do another term.’ – HRM Oba Munirudeen Lawal, Timi of Ede As a young boy growing up, back then in…
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PERSPECTIVE – Obi, Baba-Ahmed: Now, Nigerians have a choice
By Etim Etim Now, let me say this publicly. Until a few days ago when it was clear that Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has been tapped as his ticket mate, I did not pay much…
PERSPECTIVE – Delta 2023: Scripted subterfuge and the covert anti-PDP agenda of an unscrupulous clique
By MSD The Movement for Stronger Delta MSD, has read, watched, and followed with anger and trepidation, the frenetic, devious, diabolical desperation, which has consumed a particular clique of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
PERSPECTIVE – Between Sheriff Oborevwori and David Lyon
ByJesutega Onokpasa. According to Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Mr. Sheriff Oborevwori, the People's Democratic Party, PDP, gubernatorial flagbearer for Delta State, is not entitled to his party's mandate, which he…
PERSPECTIVE – Africans have no inheritance in the House of Zelensky
By Owei Lakemfa Africa for centuries has been entangled in European conflicts and wars in which they suffer from both sides. The most terrible for Africans was the Second World War for which youths, including…
PERSPECTIVE – Soludo has no solution
By Owei Lakemfa Nigerians are undergoing the most challenging period in their lives as more people are pushed into poverty and desperation. Inflation is running at an average 16 per cent, hunger is deregulated and…
PERSPECTIVE – 2023: ‘Certificate forgery’ threatens Tinubu’s bid
By Ehichioya Ezomon 'Eneke' the bird, in acclaimed Prof. Chinua Achebe's masterpiece, "Things Fall Apart," says, "Since men have learned to shoot without missing, he has learned to fly without perching." This analogy comes handy…
PERSPECTIVE – Commonwealth: When the address is longer than the letter
By Owei Lakemfa In my part of the world, it is said that when the address on the envelop is longer than the content of the letter, it means there is nothing substantial to say. This was the…
PERSPECTIVE – The moral burden of the Tinubu drug story
By Etim Etim In the lead up to the 1983 presidential elections in which President Shehu Shagari was contesting for a second term, the police arrested the son of Mr. Tunji Braithwaite, one of the…
PERSPECTIVE – 2023: Okotie, Bakare taking Nigerians for granted
Pastor Tunde Bakare, left, and Rev. Chris Okotie. By Ehichioya Ezomon "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." This declaration by Edmund Burke is apropos for…