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I was interested in seeing good governance. Now we have seen PDP transformed from what we saw as a vanguard for positive change and development into a party of crooks,” moaned a distraught Asiwaju…

Weeks into what the apex monetary authorities had…

Unless…

The completion of the Second Niger Bridge, which closes today after being open to traffic over the past month, is a big deal for Nigeria’s… The completion of the Second Niger Bridge, which closes today…

Two years ago, when Senator Uba Sani, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state, pushed through a major reform of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria…

I am starting this year with a message to my countrymen Nigerians. Today I choose to celebrate Nigeria. I’m tired and fed up of all the evil reports. While I don’t deny all the issues and failures of…

“In the absence of the cash, there must be the lash.”Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895, Black American…

Dear Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, THE ODDS FAVOURS TINUBU TO WIN THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION For those running around focusing on Tinubu’s age, certificates, alleged ill-health, bublubla and…

Former President, ‘St’ Matthew’ Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Obasanjo, was among those, who conceived the Interim National Government, ING, in 1993, against popular expectations for the declaration of the…

My friend sent me a WhatsApp chat shortly after President Olusegun Obasanjo announced his endorsement of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. “What does the Obasanjo…

WHEN last did anyone see the kobo? It has been long, right! The kobo was not phased out. It was not withdrawn from circulation by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). It eased itself out of the…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo used to be a chimera. His influence was mythical yet sweeping. In the past, Nigeria was too small to contain his stature — as he dominated the horizons across…

You might never have heard of Pelé if his great-grandparents had been taken as slaves to Argentina instead of Brazil. At the end of slave trade in the 19th century, Argentina was systematically…

One issue that is serving as a hangover dispensation from 2022 to 2023 is the matter of Godwin Emefiele – the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He is presently in the eye of a storm of…

One of the objectives of…

One balmy evening last week I ensconced on the sofa in my residence and watched Seun Okinbaloye on Channels television reveal the outcome of election projection results conducted by ANAP Foundation…

When you are told there is a problem, what is your response? There is the “ntor” corner that will usually gloat: we told you so, we warned you, serves you right, etcetera. There is the…

The series of attacks on the governments and civilian properties in the Southeast region of the country is bothering, whereby if measures are not put… The series of attacks on the…

The name Ekwueme in Igbo is now the new name of President Muhammadu Buhari. This is according to Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. Adesina, in his article…

France defeated Morocco 2:0 on the pitch, but off the pitch, Morocco is up 4:0. Ultimately, the effects of Morocco’s off-the-pitch success may ripple much longer than the fallout of its…

The best way to enjoy electioneering seasons is to be emotionally detached. The moment you are a player — or you are emotionally invested — you cannot have fun to the fullest. There…

As a communications practitioner, I am scandalised by the response of Messrs Bayo Onanuga and Dele Alake, two media veterans and leaders of the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Presidential…

ANOTHER December 16 is here (tomorrow). It is a significant date for a lot of individuals who have had the opportunity of knowing the former two-term Governor of Oyo State, Senator…

Having most woefully failed to blackmail and intimidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu into dancing to its tune and attending its usually rowdy and rambunctious events, Arise Tv, alongside its…