Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release
When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within ninety days, with about four months to the general elections, several things struck me even before I reached the substance of the directive.
Will Alao-Akala get third term in guise of second term?
RIGHT from the First Republic, up to the tenure of Rashidi Ladoja, not a single governor of Oyo State has had the privilege of being given a second term. Neither the Cicero of Esa-Oke, the articulate Bola Ige, nor Dr.Omololu Olunloyo, despite his illustriousness, was considered good enough for re-election.
‘Africa’s first tug master’ is no more
ABOUT 50 years ago, a great warrior, “Ovuworieâ€, migrated from Ihero family in Okpe-Isoko to Onyah in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State and later settled in a place called Osekwenike, now in Bayelsa. One of his sons was Okorie.
The fallacy of the amnesty programme
I FEELvery reluctant to write this piece because it may appear like pouring cold water on the euphoria of the celebrated “success†of the amnesty programme which apparently has moved the Federal Government to initiate or to promise development in the Niger Delta to the delight of many.
2011: ‘Sambo under pressure’
KADUNA State governor, Mohammed Namadi Sambo, recently concluded a tour of the 23 local government areas during which he commissioned a number of projects and also used the opportunity to flag off work on some others. Faced with stiff opposition for a second term in 2011, Sambo may have used the tour as a subtle campaign to launder
Is this David still on his Mark?
There are few doubts to the fact that the Senate of the fourth republic has never been as stable as it is now under the command of Senator David Mark.
Attah : A visionary statesman at 71
By Udeme Nana THIS November 20, the father of modern Akwa Ibom State, Arc (Obong) Victor Attah, a first class architect, former Chairman of Nigerian Governor’s Forum, a man of courage, consistent and visionary statesman turns 71. Obong Attah, can be compared to such iconic figures like the Great Zik of Africa, Obafemi Awolowo, Ahmadu […]
Beyond Oshiomhole’s theoretical pontifications
OUR late father used to advise us not to judge our friends by what they say but what they do. I have, all my life, tried to keep to this advice, not only in choosing my friends but also in deciding whom to relate to or do business with. And, I have never been disappointed in my assessment of people.
Contribution of the private sector to Nigeria’s underdevelopment
By Uchenna Nwankwo, Gomina Ochu & Omotayo Adeolu THE contribution of the private sector of the Nigerian establishment to the dismal performance of the country is best analysed using the professionals or professional groupings as index. To paraphrase Nwankwo’s On National Reconciliation and Development (2002), it is noteworthy that one of the chief characteristics of […]
Where is the equity?
By Wale Akinlabi ONE thing that worries a lot of people in this country is the way our leaders have always taken us for granted even in sensitive matters that have the tendency to cause a head-on-collusion in the polity. Of recent, political appointments in the country have assumed very dangerous dimension that even within […]
Masters of the universe
By BUNMI AINA-CRAIG I JUST finished reading The Law, The Lawyers & The Lawless’, a fascinating book by Dele Ogun, a solicitor based in the UK. In one of the chapters, he describes an encounter with the ‘masters of the universe.’ He was on tour of the stately home of George Washington, the founding president […]
