SINCE the daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, was murdered in cold blood by suspected herdsmen on the Ondo-Ore road, the Akure home of the nonagenarian has become a Mecca of sort for genuine mourners and pretenders who only want to get photo ops to advertise their feigned compassion. It is not unexpected, therefore, that lawmakers, governors and the Presidency have taken turns to touch Akure soil in order to visit the bereaved because of the political connection of the victim – Mrs Funke Olakunri.

RIGHTLY or unfairly, the PMB government lately seemed entangled with Myetti Allah and herdsmen as their welfare seem uppermost in the government’s agenda.

THE struggles and contributions of our nationalists towards the attainment of the country’s independence cannot be quantified or measured.

Elections are the cornerstone of any democracy; it is the major source of political legitimacy. That is why the electoral system is seen to be the “primary vehicle for choice and representational governance.” 

THESE have not been the best of times for Senator Elisha Cliff Abbo (Adamawa South), an otherwise sedate but highly fecund personality, who has been in the eye of the storm since a video in which he was seen slapping a woman attendant in a shop in Abuja went viral, sparking countrywide contempt. The incident, which purportedly happened many months before the inauguration of the ninth Senate of which he is a first-time member, has become a cause of action in a Magistrate Court, Zuba, where he was charged with assault by the Police but granted N5 million bail and two sureties in like sum, consequent upon his not-guilty plea.