By Balarabe Isaac The instigated protest against the extension of the Acting Controller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Idris Isah Jere by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces is misplaced at best, at worst, ridiculous…
By Kunle Somorin Parroted as the man who owns Gatwick and former adviser to the United States President Donald Trump, an iconic investor was in town. His visit was fortuitous but nonetheless memorable. He had come to bury his equally…
In a series of apparently syndicated editorials, this country’s newspapers – the Daily Trust and ThisDay – have attempted to lay the blame of the dire security situation in Benue State entirely at the feet of the outgoing president. As…
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D Real losers of 2023 Nigerian general elections are not the electorate who were deprived of their rights to freely choose candidates of their choice nor the first-timer youth who were disappointed by the Nigerian state nor…
I was astonished to have read a statement in form of a letter from one Diran Odeyemi, who did not disclose his current designation in a political contraption in Osun State under the aegis of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP,…
By Kunle Somorin In a keenly contested gubernatorial election like we had last Saturday in Ogun State, it is trite to say that there would be only one winner and 12 losers. Close watchers opined that the winner would either…
By Funmi Branco THE gang-up was massive. At the eleventh hour, and when it mattered most, friends turned foes and associates turned persecutors. Criticism underlined by pure mischief took over the airwaves and naysayers shouted themselves hoarse, railing against the…
By Kunle Somorin About 45 months ago, Prince Dapo Abiodun came to office amidst massive hope and expectation from the people of Ogun State that at last a leader had come to truly guide Ogun to progress, development and the…
Last year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through its Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the redesigning of the naira. The Governor, however, gave an initial deadline of January 31st 2023 for the phase out of the old note. The deadline…
By Prof. Ojo Emmanuel ADEMOLA Lagos (as a derivative of the constitutionally created State of Lagos) is peculiar in many respects and can be signed-post as a micro Nigeria. In population and diversity, it’s about a tenth of Nigeria’s uncertified…
