Atiku’s Border Promise: Between political expediency and Nigeria’s national interest
By Okey IBEKE Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s promise to reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president in 2027 may appeal to traders and border communities who depend on cross-border commerce. But the promise raises a more important question: what exactly does he intend to reopen? The Federal Government has challenged the premise of the […]
On the Obaseki 192 aides
It is easy to quickly dismiss the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, as one who doesn’t get his priorities right when you consider the news that he has appointed 192 Special Assistants from all the 192 wards in the 18 local government areas of the state to “serve as representatives of the government at the grassroots”.
Emir of Kano and the aborted Tsunami
The last of drums of war’s beating in the Kano Emirate might not yet be over. It is only time that shall speak and interpret the political schemings of the Kano Emirate
Untapped treasure of the treasure base of Nigeria
Successive governments of the State had been incredibly far away from harnessing the natural endowments and rich tourism potentials that abound in the environment in relation to its name
Nnamdi Kanu, Biafra and the false premise
In a short contribution titled “Biafra Without Our Consent?” which appears to have gone viral on social media, the celebtated and respected thespian Miss Kate Henshaw wrote as follows:
General Monguno: Tackling the Inter-Agency Rivalry
On July 13, 2015, General Babagana Monguno (rtd) was announced as the new National Security Adviser (NSA) by the current administration. He replaced Sambo Dasuki who had acted in that position in the new regime, for over a month after serving as substantial NSA to the regime of President Goodluck Jonathan for about three years.
Beyond Propaganda: Promises Made, Promises Kept
One popular maxim in journalism is that facts are sacred but opinions are free. It is based on this paradigm that the second anniversary of the 8th Senate under the leadership of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki would be reviewed.
2018: Fayose in storms of conspiracy
Since he returned to power in 2014, Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose has moved from one controversy to the other. The image of being an “attention seeker” was deliberately weaved around him in order to rubbish genuine advocacy and agitations championed by him.
The history of Lagos and the aboriginal tribes
It is thus preposterous and illogical to suggest that Benin, on a military mission, founded Lagos. It is a different thing to say it had a territorial mission to conquer and subdue the existing settlements and kingdom, yet the vast Ilaje territory was the impediment and albatross to the ambitious Benin empire which had neither the military strength nor population for conquest, for the purpose of permanent occupation or imposition of any enduring culture over such a large territory and long distance from base.
PIGB passage displays govt’s disregard for oil communities —Ijaw
THE Ijaw nation has described the Senate’s passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB, as a display of government disregard for oil host communities.
Azaiki: The Yenagoa Boy Is A Year Older
A former Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government (SSG) under the Alamieyeseigha administration, Prof Steve Azaiki, was one year older on Friday, June 2. The founder of the Azaiki Public Library in Yenagoa, which houses the most modern museum in the Niger Delta and the Institute of Science and Technology, played host to the first International Conference of Science, Technology and Education in Nigeria in December 2014.
