Backstory of Osun Poll, and What’s Next for Adeleke, by Azu Ishiekwene
The money that politicians didn’t spend in Osun during the August 15 governorship election was the money they didn’t have and couldn’t steal. All kinds of figures have been bandied about, in hundreds of millions and billions. It’s difficult to say if these are over- or underestimations. But damn, it was some cash! Credible sources suggest […]
Diri’s defection deepens Dickson’s doubts, by Emmanuel Aziken
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has ignited what appears set to become the most combustible political drama the state has seen since the impeachment saga that deposed Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in December 2005. His recent announcement that he is leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stirred shockwaves across Bayelsa’s political landscape and raised profound questions about […]
C-130’s Biafran Touch, by Emeka Obasi
Major Davis Okoroji died with his uncle Major E.O. Amechi Okoro on their way back to Jaji, Kaduna State in 1992. Both officers hailed from Onicha Ezinihitte, in the Mbaise area of Imo State.The C- 130 Hercules military aircraft that was supposed to fly them to Kaduna, crashed shortly after take – off from the Murtala Mohammed […]
Of Trump, peace deals and the day after, by Azu Ishiekwene
US President Donald Trump may be getting ahead of himself with the encouraging signs that, following the ceasefire in Gaza, the world might have another opportunity to end the Middle East crisis, one of the world’s longest-running conflicts. It was a conflict in which Trump took sides with Israel – vetoing resolutions at the UN, supporting […]
Morocco runs riot in the UN trying to stop petitioners, by Owei Lakemfa
The Delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco erupted several times like an active volcano spewing hot lava as petitioners in overwhelming numbers presented their case against it. It was on the Question of Western Sahara. The venue was the United Nations, UN, Special Political and Decolonisation Committee, other-wise known as the Fourth Committee which held Hearings […]
Let’s all defect, now!
EARLIER this week, Tuesday precisely, Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah of Enugu State, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ditched his party, and with his entire political machinery, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. He was not the first, and will not be the last. His colleagues of the PDP that had […]
