By Dele Sobowale “Were it left to me whether to have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter” – Thomas Jefferson, US President, 1743-1826. All Nigerians alive today and old enough to be conscious of our predicament as a nation are beginning to […]

By Dele Sobowale “A political party deserves the approbation of [Nigerians] only as it represents the ideals, the aspirations and the hopes of [Nigerians]. If it is anything else, it is merely a conspiracy to seize power” – US President Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969, November 7, 1956. Is there a political party in Nigeria today called […]

In many ways, each of them is worthy of consideration by the Yoruba people. But, each time I meet a Yoruba person, female, male, young or old, and the question is asked: What do you think the Yoruba people gained from being in APC?, the answer invariably is: “Nothing”.

By Dele Sobowale “You reap what you sow.” A foreigner just arriving in Nigeria, and learning about the six zones of our political system, must assume that Yorubaland is the second most favoured zone under the All Progressives Congress, APC. A casual glance at the list of occupants of elected and appointed officials would seem to […]

By Dele Sobowale “There are two forces in the world; the sword and the pen. In the end, the pen will overcome the sword” -Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821. That was true, and is still a fact, of the civilised world. But, this is Africa, the Dark Continent; and this is Nigeria, the biggest of all dark races on […]

By Dele Sobowale  “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” When Chief David  Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State, decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on whose ticket he was elected, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, my first instinct was to denounce his lack of principles. He still stands charged; but, something about […]

When Chief David Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State, decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on whose ticket he was elected, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, my first instinct was to denounce his lack of principles.

By Dele Sobowale “Death is here; and death is there/Death is busy everywhere” – PB Shelley, 1792-1822, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 34. “Courage is the rarest of human attributes” – Ernest Hemingway, 1898-1961 Anybody reading this article and who is close to Atedo Peterside should tell him that he is my own MAN OF […]

Before moving forward, let me declare that I have never met Governor Ganduje. He has also not influenced what you are about to read.

By Dele Sobowale “All of us are not born great; with silver spoons in our mouths and gold slippers on our feet. Some of us are born short; short of hope, short of opportunity, abandoned, neglected, homeless, motherless, teeth crooked, eyes tangled, dream busted. But, somebody has got to measure their greatness, not by leaping […]

By Dele Sobowale “What does corrupting time not diminish? Our grandparents brought forth feebler heirs; we are further degenerate; and soon will beget progeny more wicked” – Homer, 65-8 BC, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ p 247. It was my intention to write about something else this Sunday. But, reading global news reports, commentaries and […]

By Dele Sobowale “The only kind of courage and honesty which are permanently useful to good institutions anywhere are those shown by men [justices] who decide all cases with impartial justice, on grounds of conduct and not on grounds of class” – US President Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919. Long before that, another US President, Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, […]

By Dele Sobowale “The greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising each time you fall.” Chief Obafemi Awolowo,     ,VBQ,VBQ p 55 I am sure most people must by now have assumed that the VANGUARD BOOKOF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, has no Nigerian entry; that it is all about foreign insights. But, Awolowo’s observation on success […]

By Dele Sobowale “Man by nature is a political animal” – Aristotle, 343 BC. From personal choice, I have stayed out of Nigerian politics. Only occasionally have I actively participated in the political process – Awolowo’s campaign in 1979, Buhari’s in 2011 and 2015 and the campaign for Christian Governor in Lagos State 2010-2015.  Despite my strong […]

By Dele Sobowale “Better late than never”. That is the age-long consolation for procrastinators who frequently forget or are unaware of the damage unwarranteddelay does to ideas and programmes. After spending the better part of the last two and a half years advocating for Igbo Presidency, I was just on the verge of throwing in […]