As political campaigns go full throttle ahead of the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, prominent Edo-born billionaire businessman, Idahosa Wells Okunbo, fondly called Capt. Hosa, has advised politicians in the State to take a cue from the statement by Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan that “my ambition is not worth the blood of…
War Against Corruption or War Against Opposition?
President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption is yielding visible results yet more money is being looted from government treasury than ever while loyalists and core APC members appear exempted from prosecution. Five years into the eight President Muhammadu Buhari has to leave indelible marks on the sands of time, some loyalists are getting worried that…
TELL Holds Conference on Democracy
A conference on twenty years of democracy in Nigeria will take place in Abuja on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. The venue is Shehu Musa Yar’Adua International Conference Centre, Abuja. The theme of the conference is Democracy and the Rule of law. The objective is to bring people together to do an assessment of how the…
THE DAY OF INFAMY By Nosa Igiebor
Since after the Civil War, which threatened the continuing survival of Nigeria as one nation, whenever we are faced with serious challenges, we kick them far than the road. And we just move on. We are always moving on. But the question is, moving on to where? Anytime Nigeria moves on, it’s going backwards and…
Cover Story: The Shame Of A Nation
The dust raised by the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, held on February 23, 2019, was the reason the National Peace Committee went into frenzied meetings with leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, last week. Former head of state, General Abdusalami Abubakar and his…
The Politricks of a Certificate
There is nothing more damaging than self-indictment. This is what President Muhammadu Buhari has inflicted on himself with the needless certificate scandal he first created in 2014 when he ran for president and won at the fourth attempt. Among the documents he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC was a sworn affidavit in…
DSS Finally Arrests Former NSA
Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser, NSA has been finally arrested by the Directorate of State Service, DSS. The operatives had laid siege on his residence in Abuja since he got a court injunction to be allowed to travel abroad on medical grounds. Though he got another court judgment re-affirming the first one, the operatives…
We Opt for Snail Speed to Prosperity
Those who allege that President Muhammadu Buhari is slow are right, viewing it with the lens of the People’s Democratic Party’s demolition squad of the last 16 years. Buhari is really slow not to tread the destructive route that has made Nigeria a piteous spectacle. How do we calibrate political speed? Let us use the…
500 Days In limbo
Processions are today being held in Lagos and Abuja to further press for the release of the abducted Chibok girls. The activities organised by the Bring Back Our Girls group is part of efforts to sustain agitation for the release of the school girls who were abducted by armed members of Boko Haram, the insurgent…
Fears Over Jonathan’s CSO
There are fears over the state of health of Gordon Obuah, former Chief Security officer to Goodluck Jonathan , former president. Obuah was said to have been taken into custody by the Directorate of State Security shortly after the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Reports had it that the security officer embarked on hunger strike…
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