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Malami: Time to probe properties forfeited under Buhari, by Dele Sobowale

“If you shut up the truth and bury it underground; it will but gather to itself such explosive power, that the day it burst through, it will blow up everything in its way” – Emile Zola, 1840-1902, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 255 In 2014, a series of articles were published on this page titled: […]
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I had no airs as the governor’s daughter

Jumoke Anifowoshe is the forth child of Chief Adekunle Ajasin. Despite the fact that her father was an astute politician and a one time governor of Ondo state, she has lived a simple life. Read on as she gives Weekend Woman an insight into her formative years.

Self-condemnation by Obasanjo in Adeniyi’s book

History would record that Obasanjo was wrong on both counts – especially the health report In order to avoid accepting blame for the shoddy manner he conducted the investigations he had this to say about the health report handed to him by Yar’Adua

Once strong, Buhari’s voice now trails into distant echo

What Nigerians receive these days, if anything at all, are statements released to the media on his behalf by those shielding him from those who took the trouble to vote for him in 2015. Quite frequently, the messages are conflicting, like the ramblings of a drunkard

Budget 2017 and Nigerian leadership irresponsibilty

“In every community there is a class of people profoundly dangerous to the rest. I don’t mean the criminals. For them we have punitive sanctions. I mean the leaders. Invariably, the most dangerous people seek power” —Saul Bellow. (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ p 124).

Nigeria media and fake news on a Range Rover – 1

Arewa Consultative Forum spokesman, Anthony Sani, reportedly repeated the Nigeria Police line on the Ile Ife clash between Yoruba and Northerners saying “criminality knows no ethnicity or religion”. I agree. But will Mr Sani tell us how many people the police arrested for killing an Igbo man in Kano and parading his severed head around? We are waiting for him and the IGP

So you want to run for President or Governor in 2017

There will be vacancy in Aso Rock in 2019. So, if you want to be the occupant, you need to start early setting up structures in as many states as possible. You don’t need all thirty-six right away, but you need at least twelve key states

Time to release Dasuki, El-Zakzaky and Kanu on bail (3)

Like the last cow on the other side of the highway when others have crossed, Dasuki now receives the whip. Not necessarily because he did anything particularly wrong, but, because holders of transient power in Nigeria must have their pound of flesh

Time to release Dasuki, El-Zakzaky on bail

Decency, security and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy – US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, 1856-1941.

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