EVENTS in Turkey regarding onslaught on individuals accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have over the recent times continue to question my belief on the type of governance that holds sway in that country. While it is widely known that every democratic leader must be willing to receive criticisms and sometime insults from the […]

CREATED by the late General Sanni Abacha’s military government on Tuesday 1st October 1996, Bayelsa State is agreeably the capital and home of Nigeria’s fourth largest tribe – the Ijaws – also known sometimes as Izons.Due to its linguistic homogeneity, Ijaws who spread across Bayelsa,Rivers, Delta, Edo, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, and Ondo States consider the creation of Bayelsa State a dream come true as it was expected to be the fulcrum of socio-cultural activities spanning the entire Ijaw tribe. More importantly, the Ijaw people, two of whom had been chief executives of the old Rivers State – Chief Diette Spiff and late Chief Melford Okilo – considered the creation of Bayelsa State as an opportunity to correct infrastructural defects and deficiencies which they had witnessed inRivers State, one in which they were previously domiciled. This makes the development of Bayelsa State of paramount importance to the people.

To the Leadership of Bring-Back-Our-Girl Group. I have followed your activities with due interest. I personally have nothing against your organisation or its advocacy concerning efforts to recover our girls from captivity of terrorists. I believe that someday, both your efforts and that of the Nigerian military will be duly understood and appreciated

If the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan had known that the bubble will burst in March 28, 2015 presidential elections, I bet they would have been a little bit cautious and prudent in dealing with the nation’s finances.

Last week, Mr. Ayo Fayose, the governor of Ekiti State was reported to have sent SOS to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, over the increasing wave of kidnapping sweeping across the state.

Labour Party, LP, gubernatorial candidate for Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru, was recently reported to be lobbying All Progressives Congress, APC, leaders for admission into the party. Ironically, this is the same party he fought tooth and nail against in the last elections, having been recruited by out-going President Goodluck Jonathan to campaign for him and split APC votes in Delta on a promise of being later rewarded with the governorship of the state.

The nine Flying Eagles players who failed to make the final 21-man squad for the forthcoming U20 World Cup in New Zealand will return to Nigeria from Germany on Wednesday, officials disclosed.

I am not going to give Professor Jega a pass mark, he has fallen for the trick. Many Nigerians now employ lets actually count you, your eyes, fingerprints, etc. Do not worry about people who have studied facial recognition techniques, your PVC will prove once and for all that you cannot cheat a scientifically based system. It is like accountancy.

Apart from the superlative media coverage, glamour and the vastly dignified personalities which coloured the high profile wedding, between 63 year old, Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole, and an amazingly young Lara Forte from Cape Verde Island, now Mrs. Oshiomole, there is something more captivating about their nuptials and it is the manner at which ‘His- Excellency’ dazed his public as a newly rejuvenated governor, who is as fit as ever, even in the affairs of running the race of love.

TODAY, we rejoice in the unfolding of a new dawn as Nigeria is on her way to becoming the choicest jewel of Africa; crown of stars would soon sit on her head, stars twinkling in our eyes, a big smile is gradually forming on parted lips.

THE 2015 general elections have come and gone but the echoes are getting louder by the day with parties celebrating, taunting, warning or even blaming one another depending on the side of the divide one belongs to. This trend has not been limited to the principal actors of the elections; it has also taken the dangerous and unhelpful dimension of tribal diatribes among citizens.

Lagos or Eko, apart from being cosmopolitan, is the largest city in Sub-Saharan Africa, whose population is as large as that of Ghana. Apart from being the business hub of Nigeria, it is the Second fastest growing city in Africa and the Seventh in the World.

WITH a few days to May 29, the handover date, two major talking points have gained prominence and remained in the front burner of public discourse as Nigeria marches to a new start at the presidency. Surreptitiously though, there is a third.

The global recess that led to a number of corporate failures across the globe in 2008, redefined the need to enhance financial reporting and regulatory frameworks across the world. For instance, in Nigeria alone over the last few years, there have been two waves of collapse in the banking sector following reforms made by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

A ONE time American president, Richard Nixon, once wrote that: power is not for everyone because it takes a unique kind of man to win the struggle for power. It takes qualities like courage, perseverance, self-confidence, and especially, the belief in one’s ability to change the course of history to win the struggle for power. Interestingly, these traits are very similar to those required for good leadership.