How Niger Delta was underdeveloped by its leaders, by Dele Sobowale
“Niger Delta got $160bn in 27 yrs, yet remains underdeveloped – Aig-Imoukhuede” – VANGUARD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2026. “Every country has the government it deserves” – Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821. Thank God for Nigerians like Aig-Imoukhuede who occasionally seizes the opportunity to tell Nigerians the truth we hate to hear. He was the Keynote Address Speaker […]
Floods: Buhari abdicates responsibility
By Dele Sobowale “The privilege of the great is to see catastrophes from the terrace” – Jean Girandoux, 1935 The President of any country is often referred to as the Father of the nation; and for good reason. He holds the lives and fates of most of the citizens in his hands. They expect him at […]
Consequences of ABP in ruins after floods
By Dele Sobowale “We have met with the CBN. We submitted detailed complaints about our experience with the programme [ABP]. It is a failure and many farmers across the state [Ogun] share my opinion” – Biodun Ogunjimi, Ogun State Secretary of the Farmers Council Association of Nigeria, FCAN. The only alarmingconclusion anyone can reach after […]
APC just gifted PDP Akwa Ibom on account of Akpabio
By Dele Sobowale I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good character…a man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies” – Oscar Wilde, 1856-1900, VANGUARD BOOK of QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 48. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, opened their national campaign in Akwa Ibom State, AKS, last week. And, […]
There will always be Judases in Christendom
By Dele Sobowale Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable support” – US President George Washington, 1732-1799, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 213. I am very much amused by all the efforts which the promoters of the Muslim-Muslim Ticket, Mu-Mu Ticket, are making to deodorise and […]
Two faces of APC
By Dele Sobowale This administration has done extremely well. I had to say it because those who are supposed to say it are not doing so. I don’t know why” – President Muhammadu Buhari, September 13, 2022 in Owerri. I dey laugh o! Buhari, in three sentences, has shown the entire world the ugly face of […]
