Category: Politics

Of sons, daughters and preservation of legacies

  By Hassan Gimba Throughout history, men have been under immense societal pressure to produce male heirs to carry on their names and legacies. This expectation has...

My removal unconstitutional says Obasa

Caption:Obasa Former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has faulted his removal by his fellow lawmakers. Obasa, who spoke on his removal...

My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary (Part 75)

  Dapo Thomas   The stage was set for the exit and entrance of two Governors of Lagos State. Bola Ahmed Tinubu was exiting, Babatunde Raji Fashola was coming...

U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship

  Citizenship A federal judge blocked Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday from implementing the Republican president’s executive order curtailing the...

32 years out of office:IBB autobiography, “A Journey in Service” out February 20

            Former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) is set to launch his long-awaited autobiography. The memoir titled:...

Trump clampdown begins… Hundreds arrested as police raid businesses, detain migrants, ‘citizens’

….nearly 500 arrested File photo of ICE arrest     Barely three days after assumption of office,the Donald Trump administration has commenced clampdown...

Trump signs order to declassify files on Kennedy, King assassinations

  U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to declassify documents related to the assassinations of former president John F. Kennedy, his brother...

Court proscribes Lakurawa sect, declares it terrorist organisation

  A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, made an order proscribing the Lakurawa sect and other similar groups in any part of Nigeria, especially in the North...

Our N8b budgetary provision being misconceived —- Power Minister

  Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has clarified the misconception about the N8 billion in the 2025 budget appropriation of the ministry, saying the amount...

Wike, Azuka-Mbata: Are Ikwerres Igbo?

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 521 0193 John Azuka-Mbata’s emergence as the President-General (we love big titles!) of Ohanaeze, the...