He may have dodged the debates to which he was duly invited to outline his achievements to date, but the people will determine whether he is a failure or success in governance

As another federal elections year draw near with over three hundred political parties on the queue to slug it out with the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, there is every compelling need to focus attention on key areas where we got it wrong after 57 years of independence that has plunged the country into abysmal depths and to suggest useful corrections.

WITHOUT Chief Victor Umeh, Governor Peter Obi would not have had a second term of office. This declaration is an easy start to explaining the title of this article. It happened this way. Well before his first tenure ended, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, fed up to the hairline, ruled Mr. Obi out of a second term.

Perhaps the biggest news this week so far, has been the attempt by the Presidency to debunk the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari has been kinder to Northerners and Muslims in the recruitment of persons into his administration. The published list, itself a response to an earlier indictment by the BusinessDay newspaper, has been dismissed as incomplete, selective and misleading but all of that draws attention to a crisis at the heart of Nigerian politics, nay African politics. Matthew Hassan Kukah once described this in our context as “the-myonisation-of-power”

IN a letter dated October 16, 2017 and addressed to Gov. Peter Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, the National General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria,  CAN, Rev. Musa Asake, saluted the governor’s voice of opposition as well as endorsed his presidential declaration of September 28.th Asake eulogised Fayose for literally treading where angels have feared to tread and for grabbing the bull by the horns on many thorny national issues, especially as it affects Christians and minority groups in the North.

On January 27, 2017, many records were shattered in Kogi State by the explosives of fate and destiny. From the death of Prince Abubakar Audu to the declaration of Alh. Yahaya Bello as the beneficiary of the APC victorious votes; a chain of political attrition was sparked and the fragile foundation of the State called Kogi was threatened by the different colorations of agitations.

By Nosike Ogbuenyi APPROXIMATELY a year ago, Barrister Osita Aboloma assumed the mantle of leadership as the Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria,SON. And for the quality safeguarding agency of the nation, it has been a year defined by remarkable strides, change and landmarks. It therefore becomes appropriate to take stock of the lofty […]

Mr. President, to pretend to be ignorant of the stench enveloping your administration is amnesia

I write to warn the international community of a clear and present danger to democracy in Nigeria in the person of President Muhammadu Buhari, a pseudo fascist leader who is taking Nigeria the way of Venezuela.

Unpatriotic forces hatch fresh trouble for Nigeria every day. The battle from paid moles, morphing into forlorn dissenting elements and veiled agents of destabilization of the country are waxing stronger than combats in the trenches. A character identified as Dr. Idris Ahmed, is the latest entrant.