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Bola Ige Lives On
Chief James Ajibola Idowu Ige was murdered in cold blood on the 23rd of December, 2001 in his home in Ibadan, the former capital of the western region. His death greatly shook the political firmament of…
Lawan: Setting new heights with the ‘Midas touch’
By Ezrel Tabiowo Since assuming office as President of the Senate on June 11, 2019, Senator Ahmad Lawan has practically demonstrated…
TY Danjuma And His Dangerous Politics Of Fear
Fear pervades Nigerians’ lives and Nigerian politics. Fear has been in the air since President Muhammadu Buhari won reelection. Fear has…
A Senate that Works for Nigeria
By OLA AWONIYI The ninth Nigerian Senate wasinaugurated on June 11, 2019. Six months after, the Senate President, AhmadLawan, and his colleagues have a lot to celebrate even if also some things toponder on the…
APC and post-Buhari presidency
While it is true that many Nigerians had tittle-tattled over the future of the All Progressives Congress (APC), it was in fact President Muhammadu Buhari…
Nigeria being rich is a myth, time to end it
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday signed the 2020 national budget worth N10.59billion, about $29.2 billion, for a country of 200 million people, with some of the…
The Ogun APC ‘Civil War’
This exercise is not akin to the Labour Party being in disarray or playing the blame game after a crushing defeat by the Conservatives. Several opinion polls had…
How Donald Trump made his own impeachment inevitable
As rare as impeachments may be, today’s impeachment of Donald Trump, president of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors was pretty much…
Again, who killed Bola Ige?
It is eighteen years since Bola Ige, Afenifere chieftain and former governor of the old Oyo State, departed this wide, wild world of war, courtesy of some yet-to-be…
Like Play, Like Play, Orji Kalu is in Jail
Itwas the morning after Senator Orji Uzor Kalu was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. I was low in spirit. I had woken up, very angry,…
Stuck with Abiku DisCos
Having sparred for so long with his local electricity distribution company (DisCo) with no respite anywhere in sight, my colleague, Tunji Adegboyega, is…
PMB at 77: ‘Please tell Baba we are with him all the way’
By FEMI ADESINA I boarded a commercial airliner heading to Lagos from Abuja. I was already seated, and strapping my seat belt, when a young man approached me. He must have…
In praising El-Rufai, Obasanjo contradicts himself!
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, was a special guest at Kaduna State Executive Council meeting on Wednesday 11 December. That day, he poured encomiums on Governor Nasir El-Rufai, a…
Who advises Aisha Buhari – the angry matron of the villa?
Jane Appleton Pierce, the wife of Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States, is perhaps, most remembered as the ‘’calamity first lady’’. She spent her…
Border closure… More gains, fewer pains
Apart from the official borders, Nigeria has more than 1,400 illegal border routes used by smugglers to pillage the economy. The closure of the borders has brought enormous…
Aisha Buhari weighs in a little too strongly
In the space of just two weeks, First Lady Aisha Buhari has spoken out unequivocally on a few knotty issues she feels strongly about. Her views have, however, been…
Goodbye Dino, welcome Melaye
In a piece in this column on November 16, I expressed the pity I felt for the electorate in Kogi State as they trooped out to elect the governor that would rule the state for…
Why we should regulate social media
We can’t deny it that the use of social media is doing more damage than good to us in the country and it is long overdue to regulate what I called ‘the greatest misinformation machine in history’. In our…
The ‘anti-social’ media menace
To be very, very, very clear, I will say this upfront: I am 100 percent against the move by the national assembly to regulate social…
Why Obasanjo has stopped criticising Buhari
On December 12, 2013, I woke up to Olusegun Obasanjo’s ‘Before it is too late’; a caustic letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan. In the…
Why Are People Doubting Buhari’s Third Term Denial?
Fellow Nigerians, I don’t know about you, but I find the cynicism of many Nigerians very strange and sometimes distressing and depressing. If you’re a social media addict like me, you must have experienced the…
The Lion In A Lagos Residence
The recent discovery of an adult lion in the home of a Lagos resident is an indication of what most urban dwellers fear is becoming widespread. While this is not the first case of lion as illegal pet in…
IPPIS, a genuine cause or battle of interest?
The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are at it again. But this time, the row has nothing to do with breach of agreement or non-payment of earned academic allowances.…
Oniru of Iruland: The making of a successor
LAGOS, the Centre of Excellence, means a lot to many people. For some, it is the most viable State in Nigeria in terms of commercial activities. For others, it is…