Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan has blamed Barack Obama for his 2015 presidential election defeat to Muhammadu Buhari, alleging the former US president headed a global conspiracy to get rid of him. Jonathan made the allegations in a new book out on Friday called “Against The Run of Play”, which documents how he became the first Nigerian … Read more
MANY Nigerians sorrowfully misconstrue the supposed looting spree that characterised the successive Nigerian governments as the epicentre of the economic muddle the country is facing today. Some think that recession set in because Nigeria refused to save during the days of oil boom. But lack of true federalism is simply the mother of Nigeria’s many … Read more
Following some details in Chief Tony Anenih’s book titled ‘My Life and Nigerian Politics’ that was recently presented to the public, in which the author explained how he stopped Atiku Abubakar’s ambition to succeed his then boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, as president during the build-up to the 2003 presidential election, Timi Frank, a National Working … Read more
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has said that leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and those in the cabinet were not being prosecuted for corruption because no evidence had been put forward indicting them. Adesina, who made this known while featuring as a guest on a … Read more
Buhari and the many battles of his 46 nominated non-career envoys This is not the best of time for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as it strives to deflect bashings from the opposition amidst wrangling within its ranks. Governors and senators elected on the platform of the APC, including those presumed to be close … Read more
Buhari and the many battles of his 46 nominated non-career envoy This is not the best of time for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as it strives to deflect bashings from the opposition amidst wrangling within its ranks. Governors and senators elected on the platform of the APC, including those presumed to be close … Read more
In September, 2016, Civil Society and Media practitioners in Nigeria gathered in Enugu to review the country’s anti-corruption war. The meeting, supported by the Justice for All of the British Council was attended by about fifty Civil Society and Media practitioners interested in the anti-corruption war. Top on the agenda were the several cases involving … Read more
Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s call on John Odigie-Oyegun to resign as National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly derailing from the path of progressives continues to generate diverse opinions in the polity. The call, rather than being misconstrued by Tinubu’s antagonists should be seen for its altruistic value and content. It is about saving … Read more
“The wise woman (man) builds her (his) house, but the foolish pulls it down with her (his) hands.” (Proverbs 14:1) Recently, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s media office released a press statement wherein the curiously acclaimed national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) wrote what has been severally described in many quarters, and rightly … Read more
What is the best way to unite Hausa and Igbo? Yoruba Presidency! If some of the speculations bear out, Buhari will not honor his one term pledge for the usual reason given by others, that he needs to implement and see his initiatives and programs through. There is nothing Tinubu can do just as Fashola … Read more