THE approval by the national working committee of the All Progressive Congress, APC, of the use of direct primaries for the Osun state governorship aspirants represents a welcome reinstatement of the ethos and the building blocks which is at the very heart of the party system.

Today, the 19th of July, 2018, Mr. Peter Obi, the former Governor of Anambra State turns fifty-seven. Besides Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, whom I did serials on his birthdays, he is the only other  person I have rashly laid upon myself the task of writing on in commemoration of his birthdays. He is one of the few in Nigeria whose lives a keen observer can look at and proclaim how good they are. 

If one image  has animated social media and adrenalized international fora in recent times, it’s certainly the spurning, denigrating  Photo-shopped picture of Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, garbed in National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) attire. Curiously, Adeosun whose alleged infractions have brought severe  national, global opprobrium to Nigeria and stretched citizens anger, has maintained a subdued silence.

Nine years ago, I was in Durban, South Africa, for the 14th edition of the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, which took place at the prestigious Durban International Conference Centre on Saturday, July 18, 2009.

Recently, visionary business leader and philanthropist, Segun Adebutu has been the subject of vicious attacks by detractors determined to bring down his family name, soil his reputation and sap political will out of his brother, Ladi Adebutu, who has indicated interest in Ogun State’s gubernatorial race for 2019. Ladi is a PDP gubernatorial aspirant in Ogun State and member of Federal House of Representatives, and both Ladi and Segun are sons of the Premier Lotto founder, Chief Kensington Adebutu, popularly known as Baba Ijebu.

Exactly 20 years ago, Nigeria had an opportunity. The end of military rule was in sight with the death of Sani Abacha, and the time was ripe to fundamentally remake the character of the Nigerian state.

The Amnesty Office emphasizes that Prof. Charles Dokubo has zero tolerance for corruption and welcomes constructive, responsible criticism

Freedom without responsibility continues to pose a great challenge to the realization of the full potentials of our democratic dispensation and it is rather unfortunate that foremost beneficiaries of such liberty are too often also the major culprits. Though measures have been taken to curb the excesses of abusers of civil liberties it is obvious that the more needs to be done to safeguard public interest.

Keynote Address Delivered By His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria, On The Occasion Of The 20Th Anniversary Celebration Of The International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands

“When Fayose won in 2014, the whole of Ekiti erupted with joy. In 2018 the APC “won” and all the streets of Ekiti are looking so gloomy. The people are sad because their will has been truncated”- Adeolu Daramola.