Why Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway (4), by Eric Teniola
This week continues the narrative on Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. In 1934, he, Vaughn, H.O. Davies and others became the leaders of the new Lagos Youth Movement (NYM), which in 1938 was renamed the Nigerian Youth Movement and came under the leadership of Dr. D.K. Abayomi. Three years later he was elected to the Legislative Council […]
Routine rush to join ruling party(4), by Eric Teniola
From last week, continues the list of the principal officers of the First Republic Northern Peoples Congress which existed as a political party to pursue and advance the political and economic interests of the then Northern Region. Others were Mr. Michael Audu Buba, Alhaji Shehu Usman, Galadima Maska, Habib Raji Abdullahi, Alhaji Mu’azu Gambo, Alhaji Sani […]
Routine rush to join ruling party(3), by Eric Teniola
From last week, continues the narrative on the rise and fall of political parties, with reference to the crisis presently afflicting both the APC and PDP, an argument that the development is a familiar story traceable to political parties that held sway during the First and Second Republics The possibility of a single party structure […]
Routine rush to join ruling party(2), by Eric Teniola
From last week, continues the narrative on the rise and fall of political parties, with reference to the PDP whose chairman boasted in 2008 that it was going to be in power for the next 60 years. The party lost its dominance in 2015, paving the way for the emergence of the APC. The PDP […]
Routine rush to join ruling party, by Eric Teniola
On Friday December 19, 2008, Prince Vincent Eze Ogbulafor (May 24, 1949- October 6, 2022) from Olokoro, Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State declared that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would rule Nigeria for the next 60 years. At the time he made the declaration, he was the fifth National Chairman of […]
Mishap in the Niger Delta (5), by Eric Teniola
He did a lot for that region. Not only because it is the hen that lay the golden eggs for the country but because of the plight of the people of that region. President Yar’adua named Air Vice Marshal(retired) Lucky Ochuko Ararile (70), the Ovie of Umiaghwa-Abraka Kingdom in Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State […]
