The 2026 Delta Economic and Investment Summit, by Dele Sobowale
“History does not repeat itself; man does” – Professor Barbara Tuchmann, Harvard University Historian. ‘Beyond Oil: Delta maps new course at investment summit’ – VANGUARD, August 7, 2026. In the past, the announcement of a state Economic Summit would have induced me to pack my traveling bags, and go there, whether invited or not. As an […]
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 […]
2023: Eight reasons to vote your conscience
By Dele Sobowale NOTE: Each of us who can vote owes it a duty to our conscience (if we have any) to our children, grandchildren and generations unborn to make sure that we use our vote to either endorse or totally reject the Buhari/APC government and those who foisted it on us. I will give […]
Akeredolu pleads with Christians in vain for mu-mu team
“Akeredolu apologises to clerics over Muslim-Muslim ticket” – News Report. Governor Akeredolu is another top ranking member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, with whom I have a lot in common. We are both Yoruba, Christians and we attended Comprehensive High School, ‘Compro’, Aiyetoro, Ogun State. He attended Compro long after I left in 1964 […]
Ayu was right about children
By Dele Sobowale “Every great enterprise starts off with enthusiasm for an exalted aim; and ends bogged down in petty politics” – Charles Peguy, 1873-1914, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 49. The late Dr Alex Ekweme, , Nigeria’s Vice President during the Second Republic, was the Founding Father of what would have been this […]
Time to call Wike’s bluff
By Dele Sobowale “Every hero becomes a bore at last” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 90. I have had occasion in the past when I considered Governor Wike of Rivers State the hero among southern governors in the struggle for power rotation to the South. I once wrote that […]
Presidential election 2023 is referendum on Buhari govt
By Dele Sobowale “Every country has the government it deserves” – Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 80 If you want to see Lai Mohammed, Chris Ngige, Adamu Adamu, Abubakar Malami, Garba Shehu, Femi Adesina, Miyetti Allah, El-Rufai etc back in high office after 2023, then vote for the All Progressives Congress, […]
