The unidentified problem of Nigeria: From forced migration to AUTOSUCOM Revolution (I)
By Victor-Bandele Dada For more than six decades, Nigeria has debated its problems without ever adequately identifying the problem beneath the problems. Economists have diagnosed fiscal instability. Political scientists have examined institutional weakness. Sociologists have studied ethnic and religious fragmentation. Development specialists have focused on poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and human capital. Security analysts have examined […]
Political businessmen as ethnic champions
IT is now history that Change has come to take its roots in Nigeria with the victory of General Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 28 General elections. Since then, there have been alignments and realignments by the political class with quick defections akin to the speed of light, or should I say, Usain Bolt, with many quickly dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to embrace the APC.
Tribute to Tony Momoh @76
MOST Nigerians still remember him as the author of “Letter to My Countrymen” during the Babangida years, a medium he used to sermonise on the virtues of patriotism, honesty and commitment to the service of God andcountry. Tony Momoh is a prince of the famous Auchi Kingdom in Edo State. Members of Momoh family are spread across the entire globe due to their huge numerical strength.
Uduaghan’s 3rd term or Okowa’s tenure?
UNDER comparative analysis and the human reasoning, the dynamics and calculus of leadership redounds to the fact that,the principles of “SaluspopuliSupremaestlex” (the welfare of the people is the ultimate law). It is also cardinally imperative for equity, objectivity, egalitarianism, altruism, vision, patriotism and the Aristotelian concept of the pursuit of the greatest good for the largest number be infused into the matrix of Leadership and Governance in any society.
Ogun Guber Poll: Between facts and fiction
Just as it is said in law that there must be an end to litigation in any dispute, there must also be an end to electioneering in any political contest. I am not aware of any rescheduled election in Ogun State that could warrant an indirect return to the soap box to canvass for votes. Losers emerged while winners were officially declared.
Who is afraid of Tinubu’s war chest…?
Who is afraid of Tinubu’s ‘war chest, vast network and very effective political structures?’ These are valuable outstanding points that the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has used to achieve results that are being widely applauded today.
