Gov Alex Otti’s “exit” plan controversy, by Ochereome Nnanna
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti (OFR), recently got tongues wagging when he, once again, averred that at the end of his tenure he would hand over and disappear from politics. He harped on the need to give the youth a chance to lead, affirming that there are young people who are more intelligent, qualified, […]
Umahi: How Mary, not Habila, destroyed a powerful senator, by Emmanuel Aziken
It was not merely the accident at Chappaquiddick that destroyed Senator Ted Kennedy’s lifelong ambition of becoming President of the United States. It was Mary. Mary Jo Kopechne. She was the young woman who died after Kennedy’s car plunged from a narrow bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in July 1969. Kennedy escaped from the submerged vehicle, but he […]
Israel: The scales are falling off, by Muyiwa Adetiba
Theirs was a classic Father/Daughter story. She was the apple of his eyes. His Miss Nigeria if not Miss Universe. He was her knight in shining armor. The one person who could do no wrong. She sat on his knees into her teens – much longer than many puritans would deem acceptable. He was putty in […]
Shettima’s final test, by Azu Ishiekwene
Vice President Kashim Shettima cannot be blamed for having doubts about whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would renominate him as his running mate for a second term. As governor of Lagos State for eight years, Tinubu used three deputies: KofoworolaBucknor-Akerele, Femi Pedro, and AbiodunOgunleye. Only Senate President GodswillAkpabio (as AkwaIbom governor) matched this record in the […]
Jimoh Ibrahim is uninformed: UN intervenes in nation’s internal affairs, by Owei Lakemfa
I do not support the call by Oyo State Governor SeyiMakinde that international bodies like the United Nations (UN) should participate in probing the 56-day abduction of 39 pupils and six teachers in the state. In receiving the freed victims, he called “on the appropriate international human rights and accountability mechanisms, including those within the United […]
Just what is government doing for us? By Adekunle Adekoya
IN the last two weeks or thereabouts, I have been one very angry Nigerian. I don’t know whether there are others like me who are angry. If there are, I do not know how many of us are angry. I also don’t know where the other angry Nigerians are, apart from those who vent their anger […]
