Category: Analysis
Nigeria’s governors: Halfway to where? (2)
By abiodun Komolafe According to Kolapo Olatunde, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ekiti State Chairperson, Oyebanji’s achievements include prompt salary payments,...
Fireworks: Dont Revise History,Western region owns Lagos, Oladoyin Tells Igbokwe
Dr Barrister Oladoyin Odebowale Joe Igbokwe , it has never ceased to amaze me reading revisionism being presented as historical facts. The Lagos that was designated as...
Nigeria’s governors: Halfway to where? (1)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE To begin with, any assessment of the subnational level must acknowledge that Nigeria’s federal system is defective and quasi-federalist in nature....
Dissecting Wike As PDP’s Poison And Antidote
By Felix Oboagwina While campaigning for a second term as Governor of Rivers State in December 2018, Nyesom Wike got poisoned through stuff he ate in the secretariat of...
Which Among His Favours Are We Denying?
By Hassan Gimba I borrowed my headline from a surah in the Holy Qur’an— Suratul Rahman. Ar-Rahman in English means “The Beneficent”, and is known for...
Defections: Driven by Opportunism or Patriotism ?
In the last three weeks or so,many elected public office holders have jumped ship from their party to the other. This trend is prominent among Peoples...
Much ado about Utomi’s shadow government
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “If the problem is in the name or nomenclature employed by Utomi, then, we may have to search for a less...
Gale of defections: Power quest over party ideology?
By Francis Onyeukwu The gale of defections by Nigerian politicians from one political party to another has dominated political discourse in the country lately....
The Arbiter: Re-readers’ comments
From time to time, we give our readers a chance to make their voices heard through their input. Well, it has been quite a while since we did that. We will start a...
Affix your own headline to this piece!
Affix your own headline to this piece! By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 If this headline looks strange to you, I borrowed it from my...
