When we in the South say that the Hausa people of Northern Nigeria are our enemies, we really ought to be aware that we are just playing into the divide and rule strategy of the oligarchs who have been the powers behind the throne in Nigeria for decades and who want the North and the South to be suspicious of each so they can play one side against the other and continue to dominate us to our detriment.

THE piece under the above headline by a former commissioner representing Abia State at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Okey Nwaubani made claims that cannot be said to be true.

A group, Ekiti Concerned Youths, has accused former governor of Ekiti State and minister of solid minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of plotting to frustrate confirmation of ambassadorial nominee, Lawrence Ayodeji, after an alleged attempt by him to get his wife’s name forwarded to the senate failed.

The education sector in Akwa Ibom state has seen monumental strides owing to the free, compulsory and qualitative education scheme where the cost of education in Primary and Secondary school is free.

Fresh information emanating from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has shown a 113% improvement in the performance of students who wrote the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Osun state. The analysis of 10 years WASSCE results as seen in the table below, shows the increased dividends from the massive investments in education by the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

THERE is a lingering problem over the way and manner local governments have been created arbitrarily in this country. The problem became worse under the Military. Some call it Military Nepotism and as it is now, with the 1999 constitution very difficult to amend, it seems we have to live and endure with the problem for a long time.

AISHA, grand-daughter of Nigeria’s first minister of defence [Mohammadu Ribadu] was married to retired General Muhammadu Buhari at a very tender age. As the paragon of beauty clocks forty five years early this year [having being born on 17th of February, 1971 – as we were told], she has stayed glued to the husband for 27 years. Having been married to the man at such tender age, with such level of undiluted beauty and sophisticated educational background, Aisha, no doubt, had captured the husband in totality; spirit, body and soul, over the years.

THE Edo State governorship election has come and gone and the outcome has left sweet and bitter taste in the mouths of many. For those of us in the All Progressives Congress, APC, the outcome of the election has surely consolidated the hold of the party in the state, nay the country.

THE foundation of any nation state is based sorely on unity, you cannot attain unity without peace and justice. And, you cannot attain peace and justice without love and honesty.

The Shi’a sect’s manifestation in Nigeria: The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), has apparently been ramping up its propaganda. Its strategy has improved to now include delivering its version of the truth using respectable clerics, editorials of respected online publications, talking heads that saturate the airwaves and columnists that seemingly appear to be writing across the divides.