THIS is not the best of times for those of us in opposition in Kwara politics. And since Kwara is a territory conquered by one family, there has been heavy traffic of erstwhile comrades at arms towards the ruling dynasty. There is no Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State.

THE interview by Dr. Udoma Bob Ekarika in Weekly Insight headlined, If I had been the governor I would have done better, made an interesting reading. It is interesting that Ekarika has come out of over two years of political hibernation to foul the political atmosphere with his diatribe against Governor Godswill Akpabio who had trounced him and 49 others in the PDP primaries in the state to pick the coveted ticket of the party.

By Charles Komolu FOR the poor, driving through Lekki/Ajah Express Way only reminds them of their fate. There are also those who curse the rich and still wish they could be counted among the residents of the neighbourhood. The magnificent structures and the calibre of its residents gives a larger than life image for this […]

So the crowd that had been captured as party men at a political rally was in fact a football crowd in a football field! Oh yes, we were being done in with a photo trick! So when recently I read in the papers that there was going to be an Action Congress rally in Benin City and the PDP warned all and sundry that thugs would be imported into that arena and that the police should stop what might degenerate to a breakdown of law and order, I called my sister-in-law Safu who is a woman leader and told her what I had read in the papers.

Take stock: From this very point, this instant, not yesterday or last year. Begin a detailed inventory of all that you have, all that you owe, and all that you are owed, all that you can raise. This is not a mental task, get a book and start writing, you need to know your absolute worth to the last kobo. People often find that they are worth a lot more than they think when they take the time to go through their stores, old papers and documents.

AS Mrs T opened the door to her living-room, five year-old Jack and six year old Mary rushed forward to bid her welcome; helping her with her handbag and briefcase. “Thank you, children. It’s nice to be home.

Oyetunde gives the impression that he is the second resurrection of Jesus ibn Maryam, the messiah (p.8). However, there is nothing in his work that shows that he has both the intellectual and spiritual wherewithal to assume the role he is claiming for himself.

Lagos State Government has concluded plans to construct over 3000 sign posts across the state before the end of the year.

SECURITY was yesterday beefed up in Yenagoa  as the governors of the other 35  states  under the aegis of the Governors Forum arrived Bayelsa State Capital  for a two-day meeting. Armoured Personal Carriers, APCs, and patrol vehicles manned by men of the Nigeria  Police  and the Joint Task Force were stationed at the entry and […]

It is a measure of the shamelessness of our elite and the institutions that fuel their values that Chief George could be awarded a national honour in our country and he could later sue some newspapers on account of the indictment report I prepared against him —Malam Nuhu Ribadu