(OPINION) Governor Wike The Ebullient Fighter
By Engr Tele Ikuru There comes a time when everyone must take a position on happenings within his environment. In the last several weeks, I have seen Governor Wike throw his safety and comfort out of the window and place…
TOP SECRET! Coronavirus Palliatives & 2023 Elections In Imo: A Political Game Plan
By Ikenna Onuoha As the outbreak of corona virus otherwise called covid-19 is busy throwing nations into economic downturn, politicians are relying on the global pandemic to strategize their political gimmicks in view of the next election. This, no doubt…
Ayade, The Cry Cry Baby in Peregrino House
By Citizen Agba Jalingo Yesterday, my governor, Senator Ben Ayade cried AGAIN while launching the anti-taxation agency in Calabar. The agency is meant to ensure low income earners do not pay taxes in Cross River state. His tears actually touched…
A Pandemic Nigeria in COVID-19 Era
By Kassim Afegbua This is a layman view, thinking aloud at a pandemic era in Nigeria when all seems bleak; future unassured, economy uncertain, leadership on recess, hypocrisy flourishing, priority misplaced, policy summersaults, creativity on reverse, initiative absent, national consensus…
MERCHANTS OF NATION: Where Are The Young People?
By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi In my last piece under the headline: Merchants Of Nation, I encapsulated our troubles in the hands of money mongers who masquerade as leaders. People whose motive in bending over to ameliorate the challenges of…
How Condoleeza Rice Exposed Buhari’s Gambari as an ‘Ineffective Embarrassment’!
By Reno Omokri With the appointment of Ibrahim Gambari as General Buhari’s new Chief of Staff, sycophants have gone into overdrive. They are falling over themselves to praise him in terms so annoyingly untrue and underserving. I am not surprised….
Abba Kyari, The Carcasses And The Eagles: A Lesson For Gambari
By Bolaji O. Akinyemi In ancient literature, it is quite often natural to see the eagle mistaken for the vulture. The similarity in their physical appearance not withstanding, the Creator marked them out distinctly. The eagle is a flier like…
President Buhari, It’s About Your New CoS
By Segun Showunmi Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, I am incredibly disappointed in your choice of Chief of Staff. I am getting more convinced, by the day, that you and your generation don’t mean well for the younger ones. President Buhari,…
SUSAN LAWANI: The Conscience Of Our Lockdown
By Bolaji O. Akinyemi The story of Susan Lawani is an interesting dynamics in the COVID-19 conspiracy. While it is insane for anyone to believe that Corona virus does not exist, it is equally dumb to accept the public relations…
Merchants of Nation? (Part One)
By Bolaji O. Akinyemi In our search for a Saviour for our nation, persons must be shown and supported. A group whose activities must be unravelled and resisted must also be identified. Such persons who must be shown are those…
Ibrahim Agboola Gambari: A Presidential Babysitter Who Won’t be as Powerful as Abba Kyari
By Farooq Kperogi On paper, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari’s choice as Buhari’s Chief of Staff is so far the regime’s most luminous appointment. Gambari is undoubtedly one of Nigeria’s most credentialed and globally visible citizens for whom the position of…
