LEADERSHIP TUSSLE: Soyinka resigns as CBCIU Chair
Following the tussle with former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, over who chairs board of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday, said he has resigned as the CBCIU Chairman.
‘Koni Koni Love’ changed my life — Klever Jay
Seven years after the release of the hit-track ‘Koni Koni Love,’ the singer, Klever Jay is still counting the blessings the song brought his way.
Looted Billions:Buhari tightens noose on Jonathan’s men
President Goodluck Jona-than. The on-going investig-ations border on some scandalous deals in the petroleum industry regarding Offshore Processing Agreements, OPAs, whereby crude oil, worth billions of naira, was given to traders in exchange for refined imported products – specifically, Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, as well as the illegal use of diplomatic passports by some individuals to engage in illegal foreign exchange movements.
Zombie press and national interest
Two of our Founding fathers, Obafemi Awolowo and Nnamdi Azikiwe, started the Zombie Press in Nigeria. Awolowo established the NIGERIAN TRIBUNE and Azikiwe countered with the West African Pilot. I was highly privileged to understand, at a tender age, what a “Zombie Press” house is all about.
Buhari: “My people are useless, my people are senseless, my people are indiscipline”
A wise man once told me: “Nigerians are mules, everyone who can, kicks at them.” The thing is, the more things change, the more they feel the same. In 1984, Major-General Muhamadu Buhari as military tyrant diagnosed “indiscipline” as Nigeria’s national malaise.
How we saved N3billion monthly — Ambode
Amid heavy rainfall, residents of Alimosho filed out in their large numbers to listen to Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, to render his account of stewardship at the maiden edition of his quarterly town hall meeting.
