Nigeria @66: The Otu Record — Beyond the Rhetoric
By Joseph Odok As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence, the anniversary offers more than an occasion for patriotic speeches. It is also an opportunity to ask a practical question at the sub-national level: what has government actually done with the resources and opportunities available to it?In Cross River State, Governor Bassey Edet Otu’s administration […]
Ben Murray-Bruce
THE advocate of the “common sense revolution” has said a few things of late which are far from “common sense”. He wants the Nigerian Television Authority, the Federal Radio Corporation Nigeria and the VON (Voice of Nigeria) to be sold to lessen government expenditure.
Of excuses, media aides and others
It is wisdom to be quiet sometimes instead of making comments to please the (Mr. President) boss; Nigerians are getting tired of this
Is our national security architecture broken?
Both men I understand, have failed to honour the invitation of the EFCC and so the agency raided their homes to arrest them and they met swift armed resistance from the operatives of the DSS and NIA
2019: The Imperative of an Atiku Presidency
One week after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a frightened presidency has commenced a well choreographed propaganda, hauling insults at him, all aimed at diminishing his chances at the 2019 presidential polls.
PDP: The return of Atiku and the confirmation of APC’s frustration
Since the return of Atiku Abubakar, former vice president of Nigeria, from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the political temperature of the country has risen to near-fever pitch.
