A fight to the finish in Osun, by Rotimi Fasan
In concluding my piece here two weeks ago on the Osun State governorship election that is scheduled to hold on Saturday this week, I had suggested that Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke had successfully skirted around the political landmine represented by the federal might that could have been deployed against him to threaten his chances in […]
Learn to relate with the Holy Spirit
Waiting on the Lord is an experience that many of us have had at one time or the other.
The sad siege at the Federal Ministry of Finance
Last week, the Federal Ministry of Finance was effectively blocked for at least 3days from performing any of its duties. The act was carried out by the Ministry’s workers who were protesting the non-payment of what they called Special overtime allowances “due” to them. What greatly infuriated the workers was that the minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun allegedly ignored their demands hence they decided to show her their raw power.
Bizzare: Mother of three flees over circumcision threat
For refusing to get her children circumcised, a mother of three, Mrs Victoria Ijeoma Akinsanya has been forced to abscond her Festac town, Lagos residence to an unknown destination. Not only that, her younger brother Njoku Ifeanyi was beaten by hoodlums while their aged mother Mrs Celestina Njoku now lives in fear.
Militants sack Lagos, Ogun communities, scores feared dead
The suspected militants who are mostly Ijaws were said to have invaded the communities at about 4am through the creeks using sophisticated weapons.
Witch-hunting
One of the first statements made by Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, as he sat before the Code of Conduct Tribunal a few months back, was that he would not have been in the dock if he had not been the Senate President. He wanted the point to be very clear, though unnecessarily. The truth is actually that he would not have been there but for the way in which he became the Senate President, not just for being the Senate President… .
