Reflections on Speaker Abbas-led House’s action against insecurity in 2025
By MUSA KRISHI The year 2025 was a remarkable one for the 360 members of the House of Representatives in several ways. It was a year in which the lawmakers spoke in one voice, setting aside political affiliations and clothing themselves in unmatched patriotism. A major issue of concern to the lawmakers, and indeed to every […]
Analysing the chances of Ikpeazu’s candidature
IN 1991, the administration of Major General Ibrahim .B. Babangida created additional states including Abia State, God’s Own State. Administrators were appointed to run the state’s affairs until 1993 when Dr. Ogbonnaya Onuh became the first democratically elected Governor of the state. He couldn’t complete his term because of ministry intervention.
Jonathan and the angry Nigerian youths
NEVER has the power to determine who becomes Nigeria’s next president been at the behest of Nigerian youths more than now. Let me explain why:Nigerian demographic records indicate that over half of Nigerian population, perhaps 60% is comprised of youths (18-35) so the bulk of voters are the youths.
Ogboru’s critical assignment in Delta
NO question, Great Ovedje Ogboru will easily fall within the pantheon of Delta state’s political icons. This venerated stature remains something of a mystery. For one, Ogboru has neither been a governor nor held a political position in the state. Yet, he commands a totemic followership that confounds. Indeed, in Delta state, Ogboru is simply a movement. A movement for the common good.
NDIC-CBN tangle, let the interest of depositors prevail
LAST week the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) was at the public hearing organised by Senate Committee on Banking and Finance to defend its quest for amendments of its 2006 Act to make it more effective in serving depositors’ interest. It met with resistance from an unlikely quarter—the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Web of apologies in Edo
ORDINARILY, an apology is the act of declaring ones regret or remorse or sorrow for having wronged another. Curiously, Edo State has in recent times been inundated by unsolicited apologies. First, it was Chief Frank Erewele who apologized during a Television programme for the role he played in facilitating the election of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as Governor of Edo State in 2007.
