“The Buhari/Osinbajo presidency is a perfect definition of toxic leadership; toxic leadership is the type that leaves a place worse than it met it. Yes, things were bad when Buhari and Osinbajo took over in 2015 but they have made it worse, thus qualifying ultimately as toxic leaders…” It...
OPINION
In the last one week, Nigeria’s political climate has been upbeat in its usual characteristic manner, when elections are knocking. It is a time you are likely going to hear all manner of prophesies and predictions. You will hear people telling you how they called on God and how...
Introduction During the week, the news broke of an accident in Benue State that claimed the lives of church women who were travelling in a group on a bus. This incident is not uncommon. Nigerian roads are perhaps one of the deadliest in the world. The quality of Nigerian...
By LOUIS ACHI – The founding father of modern Turkey was Field Marshal Kemal Atatürk who undertook firm, sweeping progressive reforms which modernized the country into a secular, industrialized nation. He boldly birthed deliberate disruption to change the Turkish story. He died a revered hero in 1938. Incidentally, when...
By ETIM ETIM –Prof Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration speech released early Monday morning is one of the most inspiring messages from a Nigerian leader in recent memory, and it reflects the depth of his thoughts, preparedness to lead and the scope of his experience in the Buhari administration. Nigerians have...
It is another election era and merchants of falsehood and political fallacies have crawled out of their holes to stink up the air with their toxic tales. One of such noxious fallacies is that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is Chief James Ibori’s political godson. How rancid and insipid can some...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has faced a storm of criticisms and this has been entirely one-sided. The mainstream media and several foreign policy experts have described it as imperialistic and a danger to the sovereignty of states. There are, no doubt, factors that are Symptomatic of hegemonic designs. A...
Even though it qualifies as a national tragedy that deserves every attention, it is important to underline that the present piece is not a direct reaction to the recent reported bombing by ‘terrorist’ of a moving train along Abuja-Kaduna rail track- an incident that resulted in the death of...
Initially, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stated that the fate of Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambition would be decided by zoning regardless of the party constitution, which dictates that presidential power has to move South in 2023. The PDP has also claimed that since the party is not in power...
Dear Governor Samuel Ortom, Let me begin by congratulating you on your well-deserved appointment as the Chairman of the Zoning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for its forthcoming National Convention. Your appointment is well-deserved because it represents an apparent promotion from the position of Vice -Chairman of...
IS THE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA THE ATTITUDE OF NIGERIANS? OUR LEADERS COME FROM US, SO IF LEADERS ARE BAD, IS THAT NOT A POINTER THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE LED? In a school with unruly students, it must take a higher authority to restore order. So the prefects...
The rejected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fantasy communiqué is a work of fiction by those who truly believe black is white and one plus one equals three. This statement of the delusional seeks to cover up the serial and criminal failures of the PDP’s long and damaging period in...
By EJIROGHENE BARRETT, Benin – As agitations for political endorsements increase ahead of the 2023 governorship elections in Delta state, several groups have pitched their tents with the different aspirants in order to assert their political stance and align with the policies that best serves their varying interests. As...
It is no longer news that lately, publicity secretaries and spokespersons in government offices have made the innocent/well intentioned position become platforms for fierce political and ideological warfare in ways that negates our rationality as human beings. It is equally regrettable that through this process, a great amount of...
I read a statement from the presidency last week accusing the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, of trying to destabilise an already destabilised, dislocated, disjointed, crippled and demobilised country, presided over by an uncreative president. When I read the statement, I was almost tempted to conclude that it is...
I am neither a prophet nor a clairvoyant, but from the manifestation in my crystal ball, I see Nigeria in 2023 being shaped by upheaval fueled by miseries and hopelessness. Agitation reminiscent of the ENDSARS protests will break out. Primary triggers are the country’s pathetic economic indices, including growing...
At a time like this in the life of our nation, we need real men who can stand and struggle to birth a new paradigm. Watching Alhaji Atiku Abubakar today on television talking about unity of the country, youths involvement in his government, economic recovery and a whole lot...
The curious position of the South-East PDP caucus on zoning is simply unacceptable. That position has simply thrown the South-East under the bus; it has left the zone very vulnerable and weakly positioned to pursue the PDP presidential ticket compared to the other zones that are fighting to secure...
Mahatma Gandhi famously said: “THE TRUE MEASURE OF ANY SOCIETY IS FOUND IN HOW IT TREATS ITS MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS“ Watching this video by Benue impoverished pensioners is heartbreaking. A pension is salary earned by workers that was deducted to be paid to them after retirement. A pension is...
N.E.W as an acronym, stands for Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, a new paradigm whose presidential declaration in Benue state on Sunday, 27th March, 2022 has started generating political discourse and narratives across the land. His symbolic declaration was long expected. Political pundits have averred that with his superlative performance in...