The 9/11 that never happened: What Britain saved the world from
TWENTY-FIVE years after the planes struck America, the most frightening part of 9/11 may not be what the terrorists achieved, but what they originally intended to achieve - and what intelligence agencies have since learned to prevent.
Ekiti election: Lessons to learn
THE Ekiti State governorship election has come and gone. The result has caused serious shock waves amongst some of us, but to others like me, it did not come as a surprise. When I canvassed for a concerted approach by everyone, irrespective of political affiliation, to join hands and fight the common enemy of insurgency, some ascribed names like ‘Jonathanians’ and ‘PDP appologist’ to us. Now the picture is becoming clearer and the blind will soon begin to see clearly.
Babalakin @ 54, a discourse in forbearance
HE clocks 54 tomorrow, Dr. Bolanle Olawale Babalakin, SAN, and the need to celebrate this Nigerian legal and business frontliner becomes necessary.
Ekiti: Forerunner to Nigeria decides 2015
NOT even the most politically naïve Nigerian can fail to appreciate that the recent governorship election in Ekiti State is a forerunner to the 2015 presidential election.
Choices before Emir of Kano
ALHAJI Isa Kaita (1912-1994) was the Northern Region Minister for works between 1954 and 1957, and later Minister of Education between 1957 and 1966. He later became the Waziri of Katsina. Alhaji Kaita was one of the few closest advisers of the late Northern Region Premier Sir Ahmadu Bello (1909-1966), the Sardauna of Sokoto.
Why Fayemi was trashed
SATURDAY’S governorship election in Ekiti State has a fundamental significance that appears to have eluded the punditry of most of those that have weighed in with analysis. Some say the victory was down to Governor-elect Ayo Fayose’s charisma which struck a welcome chord with the state’s flotsam and jetsam who constitute the vast majority.
