The Nigerian Bar Association, its August guests, and the vacuum we must fill
Reflections on the 66th NBA Conference in Port Harcourt By Douglas Baye-Osagie The 66th Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, will be remembered for many things. Not just the swearing in of the first elected female President of the Bar, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, but also the quality of some […]
Nigeria’s BRICS partner status and initial gains
By TUNDE RAHMAN President Donald Trump never ceases to amaze with his haughty and self-aggrandising governance style, endless huffing and puffing, brinkmanship, and tendency to weaponise America’s often-stated exceptionalism and unilateralism. Last weekend, as member states of the fledgling association of the Global South and a growing economic bloc, otherwise called BRICS, were holding their 17th […]
Peter Obi, Atiku, and ADC’s looming dilemma ahead of 2027
Atiku himself, alongside other PDP governors, decamped to join the APC merger, paving the way for President Buhari’s victory
When power mongers regroup
By TEMITOPE AJAYI What was widely touted as a potential seismic shift in Nigeria’s political terrain turned out to be a mere political puff of smoke. For weeks, a band of aggrieved and wandering politicians had been climbing every available rooftop, megaphone in hand, vowing to dethrone President Bola Tinubu come 2027. Not because the man […]
Delta 2027: The relevance of other APC contestants
By Collins Adaka The re-entry of Chief Ovedje Great Ogboru into the political family of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State recently was greeted with a lot of jubilation and anticipation. It was indeed, a step in the right direction, or so it seemed. Before this time, His Excellency, Rt Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori […]
Muhammadu Buhari: A Portrait In Integrity, Sterling Leadership
By Henry Ikoh On Sunday, July 13, the beat finally stopped for one of the nation’s finest leaders, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR when he breathed his last, departing this Earthly plane a few months shy of his 83rd birthday in far away, London, the United Kingdom. While alive, the Daura born retired army General turned […]
