Category: Column

Between Obasanjos ego trip and North’s power mongers

Is Africa Jinxed?

  By Kazeem Akintunde   ‘I Dream of an Africa, which is in peace with itself’- Nelson Mandela     Since January this year, Africa has been in the...

LG Funds Diversion : Of Integrity, Accountability and Politics 

        Sometime in December 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari while receiving members of the Course 44 of the National Institute of Policy and...

Saving Abuja from Wike, Really?

    Azu Ishiekwene   Abuja is not in a hurry to change. However, in a city famous for its bad habits fostered by wayward politicians, I think the dial may...

Wike and Abuja’s corn sellers

    By Lasisi Olagunju       The only reason the poor have not started eating the rich in Nigeria is, perhaps, because this is the season of...

Sanwo-Olu, Obasa And The Lagos Cabinet

  By Kazeem Akintunde   That Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is still a political neophyte is glaring for all to see. Though he joined partisan politics 20 years...

Renewed Hope : Tinubu and His Ministers

  “Prioritize the interests and welfare of the entire nation and its diverse population above any regional or state.You have responsibility in shaping...

Time to focus more attention on States and LGs…

  By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058I   If you ask many Nigerians the name of their local government chairman, they will most likely not know....

August meeting: Otti hails women

  Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, has assured Abia women of government support in their quest to enjoy better life. Governor Otti gave the assurance while...

Niger Crisis:Tinubu and the burden of leadership

  By Tunde Abatan “Tinubus ‘meddlesomeness’ in Niger is akin to a man carrying Elephant on his head and using his led to search for Cricket”...