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 […]
The rise and rise of kidnapping
Many have been totally violated physically and emotionally. The society gets increasingly dehumanised and scarred
Oil production cut and ‘opexit’ threats
It had indeed been a flurry of who controls production and market share that resulted in the present global instability
Watch out for Europe, not just Trump
By Owei Lakemfa WORLD attention is focused on the tantrums of Donald Trump, the American President-elect. From his vow to get America out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in office, to his effected show of magnanimity not to jail his rival, Hilary Clinton for her emails over which she had been cleared. […]
The dynastic angle
Many people – myself included – are still dazed by Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Very few saw it coming; and A LOT of time is being invested – in America and globally – in analyses of the “shocking” result, as journalists, pundits, pollsters and non-professional observers of all nationalities try to make sense of it.
Memories of the Big Boss
As the year gradually inches to a close – we barely have six weeks left in 2016 – I am thinking of the friends I’ve lost this year, Ken Saro-Wiwa being one of them.
