By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said as a politician, for instance, you need to master the art of effective public speaking and persuasive communication to succeed because you must be able to convince the electorate and even win opposition…
By Femi Adesina By the time we remove hatred, malice, indecent politics, and all the ills that plague our country and its leaderships across different governments, President Muhammadu Buhari would go down in history as the one that pioneered different…
By Dakuku Peterside Last week, at a lecture, to commemorate my 50th birthday and the public presentation of my book titled: ‘Strategic Turnaround: the story of a government agency’, the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum raised the bar of discourse on a number…
By Femi Adesina Those who are younger than 55 or thereabout may not easily get the joke in the expression, ‘We are all together,’ which I’ve chosen as headline of this piece today. The event happened 45 years ago in…
By Dakuku Peterside In a constitutional democracy, politics is the only legitimate route to governance. And the primary role of government is to provide security, the legal and social framework for economic enterprise, provide public goods and services, social welfare and maintain…
By Femi Adesina It’s often intriguing to hear eminent and well appointed Nigerians talk about disintegration, destabilization and outright war, as if it’s a picnic. War? Not a tea party, and not something you should wish even upon your enemy.…
By Femi Adesina It was the end of an era Tuesday when Bunny Wailer, the last of the original Wailing Wailers passed away, aged 73. Bunny (original name Neville O’Rilley Livingston) completed the trio that formed the reggae music group,…
By Dakuku Peterside Over the past few months, Nigerians have been engrossed with salacious paternity stories. After many years, men suddenly realize that children from their wives regarded from birth as their biological children were products from other men. It…
By Hon. Rotimi Makinde From all indications the stalwart of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju (Senator) Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unequivocally a unique politician who has laid a solid legacy for which his name will remain ever indelible on the…
By Rotimi Makinde What we actually need is to remain on course and to rededicate our commitment to the principle of fairness and adherences to all those things we promised the nation as a party. Change is that supreme inconvenience…
