The quintessential Bajoga @ 65
By James Swam The deputy governor of Kaduna State, Ambassador NuhuNyam Bajoga Audu has clocked the milestone of three scores and five. A man of simplicity, Bajoga, as he has …
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By James Swam The deputy governor of Kaduna State, Ambassador NuhuNyam Bajoga Audu has clocked the milestone of three scores and five. A man of simplicity, Bajoga, as he has …
The quintessential Bajoga @ 65 Read MoreBy Koleoso Adelowo Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has been in the news recently as a way of attracting attention to himself. A lot of people have been commenting on the character …
Fani-Kayode and the limit of cronyism Read MoreBy Akin Owolabi What appeared to be a national sigh of relief with the planned Western World intervention in the frantic efforts to rescue the 234 (are they 219 remaining?) …
Chibok Girls: Why the unending wait? Read MoreBy Tosia O’Akum The body of every organization is structured from four kinds of bones. There are the wish-bones, who spend all their time wishing that someone else would do …
Uncommon ‘giving back’ at a Nasarawa college Read MoreBy Tamuno West-Greene Some years ago, I heard of a security protocol the Israelis came up with, in view of the situation in that country. It entailed ensuring that the …
Tambuwal should know better in times like this Read MoreBy Ibrahim Biu The recent bomb blast at the Emab Plaza, Wuse, Abuja, despite the stringent security measures so far put in place by the Bala Mohammed led Federal Capital …
Insurgency in Abuja and need for more funding Read MoreBy Fodio Ahmad The relative developmental backwardness of Niger state 15 years into the present democratic dispensation is a situation that has readied people of the state to give their …
2015: Niger and that ‘perfect’ governor Read MoreNick Dazang On Wednesday June 18, three days to the crucialEkiti governorship election, INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, had solemnly assured that the Ekiti governorship election would be the best …
Ekiti as INEC’s shining star Read MoreBy Samuel Kur For a start, representative government is designed by a synergy between the representative and the constituents. It is rather eerily disappointing that there is no link between …
Benue North-east, Gemade and the Senate Read MoreBy Edward Wabundani Whenever I cast my mind back to the February 4, 2012 supposed governorship elections in Adamawa state from which MurtalaNyako emerged as governor, I always feel disappointed …
Nyako’s real reckoning time Read MoreBy Imam Imam There are days that will stay with us for the rest of our lives residing in our memory. Some are good while some are everything but. I …
Sulaiman Bisalla: A tribute Read MoreRabi’u Garba In Nigeria today, there is no state or city where the menace of land speculation is as pronounced as the Federal Capital City. For want of a better …
Curbing the menace of Abuja land speculators Read MoreKoleoso Adelowo The Ekiti State Governorship election held last Saturday might have come and gone, but it leaves the stage for political analysts to x-ray the situation; who ought to …
PDP’s victory in Ekiti state Read MoreBy Amed Sa’ad Usman They told the whole world that the federal government employed police and soldiers to Ekiti to help Ayo Fayose of PDP to rig the election. They …
The limits of propaganda Read MoreBy Nasiru Abduljalal Ahmed According to the famous management consultant, Mr. Peter Drucker, “effective leadership is not about speeches or being liked. Leadership is defined by results, and not by …
A ringside view of PDP under Adamu Mu’azu Read MoreTamuno Dagogo President Goodluck Jonathan will go down in history as one Nigerian leader who loathes taking responsibility for anything. At the same time, it would be said of him …
Insurgency: Enough of coalition building Read MoreDahiru Hassan Kera Many informed pundits, political observers, analyst and youth activists both within and outside the All Progressives Congress (APC) have reacted with an admixture of shock, astonishment, consternation …
Goje and the politics of imposition Read MoreBy Rogers Edor Ochela When it was first introduced in 2012, it was trailed by hues and cries by a segment of the Abuja society, which described the policy as …
Revisiting Park & Pay scheme in Abuja Read MoreBy Tamuno Dagogo It is quite heartening that most stakeholders in the polity, the government and the ruling party leadership inclusive have come to the realisation that it is dangerous …
Playing politics with insurgency Read MoreBy Aliyu Isa There is a silent revolution in Katsina State, which will, sooner or later take the whole country by surprise. From all indications, the state governor, Ibrahim …
Shema, Katsina and challenges of development Read MoreBy Mohammed Alhassan To a large extent, governors from the South eastern part of the country save thankfully for Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state are politically naïve. At the …
2015: South-east governors’ support for Jonathan Read MoreBy Kayode Olajiga While the incidence of building collapse increases, same set of manufacturers and experts come up with new themes on how to explain away the shortcomings of the …
Case for cement standardisation Read MoreBy ’Funmi Olonisakin Tomorrow, the people of Ekiti state will be going to the polls. The process leading to these elections offers important lessons for the rest of Nigeria and …
Fayemi’s struggle against “stomach infrastructure” in Ekiti Read MoreRabi’u Garba Judging from the heart-warming trend of events in the nation’s capital city, it is safe to conclude that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala …
Bala Mohammed: On the threshold of history Read MoreBy Tochukwu Ezukanma I am totally opposed to the dissolution of Nigeria. I am an avowed, unrepentant proponent of one Nigeria. Advocates of secession, sometimes, attribute Nigeria’s litany of problems …
Now that secession is in vogue Read More