By Eric Teniola WITH the demise of Chief Richard Osuolale Abimbola Akinjide (1931-2020), all ministers, except Alhaji Ganiyu Folorunsho Abdul Razak (93), Chief Mbazulike Amaechi (91) and Chief Jacob Cheogbu Obande (98) who served in the first Republic under Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966), GCFR, have answered the final call. For better or for worse […]

By Eric Teniola THE Council of State shall have power – (a) to advise the President in the exercise of his powers with respect to the National Population Census and compilation, publication and keeping of records and other information concerning the same, Prerogative of Mercy, Award of National Honours, the Federal Electoral Commission (including the […]

By Eric Teniola THE meeting of the National Council of State is long overdue. The Council met last on January 22 last year and discussed many issues, especially the minimum wage. Although the Council has no executive power but its advisory role is important. The National Economic Council and the Council of State are the […]

By Eric Teniola THESE Algerians were not properly warned of their danger after France’s misgoverned nuclear bomb-testing campaign of the early 1960s, which vitrified vast tracts of desert with heat and plutonium and left a legacy of uncontained radiation that is still crippling inhabitants. Estimates of the number of Algerians affected by testing range from […]

By Eric Teniola IT is now clear that all our achievements and successes are nothing but vanity. A few hours before he was assassinated on April 3, 1968 in Melphis, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jnr. declared: “We have got some difficult days ahead, something is happening in our world. Trouble is in the land, confusion […]

By Eric Teniola THE Coronavirus is a negative scientific invention. Until proved otherwise, the virus called SARS-COV-2 was made by scientists and escaped in a laboratory. It is a laboratory construct and a manipulated virus. It is not the product of natural evolution. The sudden and forceful spread of the virus, especially from China to […]

By Eric Teniola THE same Sir Darroch is the one involved recently with President Donald trump in diplomatic row as Britain’s ambassador to the United States. On India, the National Security Advisor, NSA, is tasked with regularly advising the prime minister on all matters relating to internal and external threats to the country, and oversees […]

By Eric Teniola THOSE who died in the ill-fated crash were members of Courses 19, 20 and 21 of the NDA. LIST A: ARMY:-Lt Colonels – 1. S.A. Onipede N/2888, 2. A.J. Ibiyeye N/33300, 3. J.A. Agber N/2712, 4. B.A. Ibanga N/3315, 5. J.O. Okafor N/2803, 6. G.O. Ikoli N/5402, 7. S.K. Aladesuyi N/3259. LIST […]

By Eric Teniola MAJOR General Mohammed was the military governor of Benue-Plateau from July 1975 to February 1976 during the military regime of General Murtala Muhammed. He was also the first Director-General of the National Security Organisation, NSO. He lives quietly now in Ilorin. He had his military service between 1958-1979. In 1999 when President […]

GENERAL Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, GCFR, whose tenure was between August 27, 1985 and August 26, 1993, was the first to introduce the office of the National Security Adviser to this country. That was in January 1990 when he made my friend, the seventh Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Gambo Jimeta the first national security […]