PERSPECTIVE – The proof Buhari needs
President Buhari. By Sonala Olumhense President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated his 78th birthday on Thursday. For the event, he could not have picked a worse location on the almanac or on the map: his hometown of…
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PERSPECTIVE – Infradig – A presidential comeuppance
Prof. Wole Soyinka. By Wole Soyinka Once, the word featured prominently in the repertory of Nigerian shorthand diction. Indeed, I grew up thinking that it was only one word, not two, and assumed also that…
PERSPECTIVE – The biggest hoax in 60 years?
President Muhammadu Buhari. By Sonala Olumhense On Thursday, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, died at 85. I condole with his family. He was a well-educated lawyer who attracted the attention of…
PERSPECTIVE – Time For Better Strategies To Secure Nigeria
Atiku Abubakar. By Atiku Abubakar The abduction of a large number of students at the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, is a very unwelcome escalation of the spate of insecurity in the…
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Obey NDDC Act, Reps Minority Caucus tells Buhari, rejects Sole Administrator for Commission
Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, during plenary. The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has rejected the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari describing it as…
2023: Wike hits Secondus-led PDP NWC, accuses it of deepening cracks in PDP; speaks of why Buhari must honour Reps’ invitation
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has hit at the Prince Uche Secodus-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleging incompetence, and accusing it of deepening the…
Reconstitute NDDC Board, Okowa urges Buhari
Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (2nd right), Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori (1st right), and the Chairman, Warri South LGA and author of the book, "Resource Dependence, Violent Conflict…
South-South leaders tackle FG, demand restructuring, true federalism, state police
Representative of the President,and Chief of Staff to the President , Amb.Ibrahim Gambari (3rd right); Deputy Senate President of the Nigeria Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege (middle); Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (right); his River State…
PRESS STATEMENT – Set up Truth Commission, PDP charges Buhari
November 20, 2020 Press Statement EndSARS Killing: PDP Demands For National Truth Commission …Says Crime Against Humanity Going On In Nigeria The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges President Muhammadu Buhari to, without further delay, set…
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Disdain treatment: South-South leaders demand public apology from FG over botched meeting
From left; River State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike (left); Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, of Delta Stateand Chairman, South-South Governors, (middle) and Udom Emmanuel of Akwa-Ibom State and Senator Ben Ayade of Cross River State, during…