Adeleke’s victory: When the people speak, political calculations change, by Ejiro Ofoye
There are elections that produce winners, and there are elections that produce messages. The Osun State governorship election of August 15, 2026, belongs to the second category. When the Independent National Electoral Commission finally declared Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party the winner, with 511,067 votes against the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who polled […]
The writers of distinction 2
The last piece here was on writers of distinction and again this piece takes up the same subject. Now before I continue. I want to reason out what make(s) some writers special, in other words, what distinguishes a writer – not in the sense that the writer is different from others – but more in the direction to which that writer is adjudged better than other.
PIB: Please invite Buhari
Nigeria has now become a Buhari that is very enigmatic when we discuss how and what Nigeria should be, and in which direction she should be headed. In all spheres of Nigeria’s bureaucracy today the mention of that name Buhari conjures the image of a spirit that is everywhereand watching everybody. People now go to work early;though some on their desks actually pretend to be busy doing nothing.
Men, women behaving badly
Recently, I went with one of my sons to collect his books for the new academic session at St. Gregory’s College, Obalende, Lagos. While we were there, I saw a young man urinating at a spot near a row of toilets. As I was going to “lecture” him on the need for proper public conduct, I saw another man, well-dressed, in his late 50s or early 60s, also urinating nearby. While I was contemplating on whom to confront first, more men came and before I knew it, about 10 men were urinating near the row of toilets.
The empire strikes back
Dr. Bukola Saraki, the distinguished President of the Senate, believes that the accusation of his alleged false declaration of assets when he was the Governor of Kwara State, is politically motivated. The Code of Conduct Tribunal, before which he had to appear in Abuja, also has before it the consideration of another indictment against Saraki of owning and operating foreign bank accounts contrary to his position as a public officer. But beyond that, he is also held to have acquired some assets which are believed to be beyond his legitimate earnings.
The media and government: Partners in development or sworn adversaries?
Being Keynote Address by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, at the launch of NIGERIAN MEDIA LEADERS: VOICES BEYOND THE NEWSROOM, on September 22, 2015, at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos
