Oriire and the courage to reject compromise, by Rotimi Fasan
After 56 harrowing days, the 44 abductees in the Oriire community of Ogbomoso LGA are now out of the forest. These are schoolchildren and their teachers. Two of the teachers had been killed after the abduction while another was killed on their school ground. A commercial bike rider was also killed as the abduction unfolded. But […]
A stain on Bankole’s white kaftan
IT follows the usual pattern, a pattern of dragging former office holders straight from their executive mansions to jail. This pattern was set in the last eight years or thereabout since the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, became the watchdog or, more appropriately, sharp-eyed eagle of our economic temple.
Freedom of Information and our democratic agenda
LET us begin with a comparison by taking a short trip down memory lane. Our comparison makes a strong statement about the democratic credentials of both individuals involved and, to some extent, their relative suitability for the position of president for which they both sought the support of Nigerians recently.
Dawn of the Jonathan Presidency
IN an ethnically-alert Nigeria, the people of the Niger-Delta, particularly Bayelsa, must feel proud of the achievement of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who was three days ago sworn in as Nigeria’s 13th president.
Aregbesola’s OYES
COMING into office on the crest of populist clamour it was natural for Rauf Aregbesola, Governor of Osun State, to respond to public adulation via a populist gesture.
Worth of a Nigerian hero
THE Federal Government last week inaugurated a 22-man probe panel that would conduct full scale investigation of the ‘remote and immediate’ causes of the violence that followed the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan in parts of the North last month.
