JAKANDE: Nigeria’s response to people-oriented leadership via credible elections
By NDUKA UZUAKPUNDU It was in his name that the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) gathered, recently in Lagos. The fourth in a series, so far, of public lectures, in honour of the first democratically elected governor of Lagos State – Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande – was an occasion on which Gbemiga Ogunleye, a lawyer and […]
T.B. Joshua: Murder in the church (part 1)
A few weeks ago I tweeted that I would write an essay about the bombing of a building at Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua’s Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN).
We move slowly towards state of ANOMIE yet no word from Presidency? – Okupe
Former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe questioned the alleged silence kept by Presidency over so many issues threatening the unity of Nigeria as a nation, including recent massive agitations for the sovereign state of Biafra.
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
