Atiku opens Pandora’s box
Whatever their differences, the military men that have dominated politics and governance in Nigeria for the last four to five decades had something like a code of honor among them. In their quest for money, power and influence, they left one another’s families alone. It was the only guarantee the people they cared about most […]
A New Year of hope and difficult decision
There are dozens of other parties jostling for various posts, including the Presidency. Some of their candidates hold some promise. However, these parties are like toddlers who need time to grow, and time is not what the country has because a decision has to be made early in the year to guarantee an orderly electoral process on which the country’s democracy rests
Alleged corruption in military: Report vindicates our position – PDP
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, said the report of corruption in the nation’s military hierarchy published by International Strategic Studies Association, ISSA, was a vindication of its position that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration war against corruption was a ruse.
40-yr-old man rapes neighbour’s daughter
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping his neighbour’s daughter.
Python Dance III: PDP shedding crocodile tears over army’s complementary role – Group
A Yoruba-based youth group, Progressive Yoruba Youth, on Sunday, warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), against raising false alarm over the proposed nationwide exercise tagged, Operation Python Dance III, introduced by the Nigerian Army. The group, while addressing journalists in Lagos, said PDP is only shedding crocodile tears over the exercise. PYY National President, Comrade […]
What to expect from the 2019 budget
TWO wrongs never make a right – whether in politics or in private relationships. President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria placed the 2019 Budget before the National Assembly, NASS, in late December, approximately three months behind schedule and then had the gall to ask the lawmakers to pass the budget in the national interest. That is bad leadership. A good leader builds with both hands; a bad leader who gives good advice but provides bad example builds with one hand and destroys with the other. When it comes to annual budgets, Buhari has spent the last three and a half years constructing with one hand and demolishing the edifice with the other.
