Lessons From Osun 2026 and the road to 2027: Parties, personalities and the coming contest (2), by Usman Sarki
The first part of this article concluded with the observation that while all politics may indeed be local, the economic hardship confronting Nigerians today is anything but local. But before examining how these conditions may shape the 2027 elections, the Osun experience invites us to confront an even more fundamental question: what exactly do our political parties […]
Adamu, Adamu, Adamu
ALL that one can do at this moment is refrain from commenting on the Dr. Amos Adamu saga, out of respect for the injunction from FIFA that it is investigating the affair and secondly from the point that the evidence is not readily available to one outside what is being splashed in the foreign media and the internet.
Adamu, Adamu, Adamu
ALL that one can do at this moment is refrain from commenting on the Dr. Amos Adamu saga, out of respect for the injunction from FIFA that it is investigating the affair and secondly from the point that the evidence is not readily available to one outside what is being splashed in the foreign media and the internet.
Never lose heart
The victory of Dr Olukayode Fayemi, the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2007 elections in Ekiti State is another elixir to bolster the courage of those who refuse to bow to injustice in Nigeria
All failure and no excuse
The most striking feature I gathered from Sani Ndanusa’s reported reflections at the reception last week of Team Nigeria from the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi was, perhaps, the unfortunate drug incident that marred our glittery outing and which denied us the track gold medal taken by a female sprinter.
2011: Much haste less speed
THIS writer belongs to the first generation of educated people in his family. In retrospect, it is now clear that we did not encourage our old father enough to do what he was already doing very well.
Fayemi: Snatching the prey from the mighty
EKITI State on Friday erupted in unprecedented celebration over the Court of Appeal’s declaration of Dr Kayode Fayemi as governor.
What’s it with Boko Haram?
SECTARIAN strife is nothing new in diverse parts of Northern Nigeria. Each dispensation seems to spawn its own type of religious zealots, people with one form of score or another to settle with others in their communities if not the state at large.
Poverty and the structuring economies
JOHN Ighodaro in the Vanguard of Wednesday October 6, 2010 titled his story thusly: “Population of seven W-African states equals the poor in Nigeria”. He was quoting Mr. Adama who made this known at a workshop in Calabar.
Seb’s scary moments!
Hi Readers! Now I know that the odious Belinda does mean something, if not a lot, to Seb. Michel called at my place the other Saturday to tell me that Seb was behaving oddly.
Ibrahim Bio, the Football Minister
Let me take us a little back, to the time Alhaji Ibrahim Bio came on board as sports minister. After we had canvassed and fought relentlessly to have “one of our own” as minister, the Yar Adua government obliged with the Tennis Federation boss, Alhaji Sanni Ndanusa and our joy knew no bounds.
