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Best way to defend the Presidency (2), by Eric Teniola

Best way to defend the Presidency (2), by Eric Teniola

From last week, continues the narrative of how the Obasanjo regime responded to a strike action organised by the NLC over fuel subsidy by inuagurating a committee in 2000 made up of eminent Nigerians to resolve the issue   THE committee was headed by my friend, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi, while the secretary of the committee was Chief […]

Labour-baiting: Nigerian history is not an orphan, by Owei Lakemfa

Labour-baiting: Nigerian history is not an orphan, by Owei Lakemfa

TWO occurrences in the past week made me reach the conclusion that either the government is baiting the labour unions or there are quite active fifth columnists in the Tinubu administration. The first is the laughable ban of the trade unions from politics, including working within the Labour Party, LP, which was established in 2002, that […]

‘The Igbo Must Go…’, by Obi Nwakanma

‘The Igbo Must Go…’, by Obi Nwakanma

The fact that I have to write this, makes me retch. It turns my stomach because this is the 21st century, and there are still many among us who still think in this brutally savage way about other people, who they have to dehumanize in order to feel alive themselves. That I have to defend […]

Oyo State: Please, which rule of law? By Tonnie Iredia

Oyo State: Please, which rule of law? By Tonnie Iredia

Reports that the Oyo State government has just created an agency for the enforcement of the rule of law sounded strange to me because I could not appreciate how a subnational entity can successfully implement an assignment that is essentially federal. Although I am aware that some states often maintained federal roads in their states […]