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Obasanjo Eulogises Oyegun at 80, acknowledges contribution to success of his Govt.
As political associates across party lines, family, friends, and well-wishers joined the immediate past national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun to celebrate his 80th birthday Monday in Benin-City, Edo State capital, Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has described his life as one of “tireless, selfless, and patriotic service to the […] More
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How Buhari Lost Obasanjo [Special Report]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s hard knocks for President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he assisted to become president in 2015, signals a massive loss of support for the president, raising questions over why the Generals parted ways The dust raised by the recent letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari may not settle until after the 2019 […] More
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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 […] More
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Busybody Troubleshooters
President Muhammadu Buhari swore to uphold the constitution and laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria last May 29. On that same day he made a covenant with Nigerians to fight corruption and improve their living conditions. Buhari has not spent 100 days in office. Can any person point, so far, to any infraction of […] More
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Court Adjourns Ruling on Buruji’s Application to May 27
The supremacy battle between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a PDP chieftain in Ogun State seems to have shifted from the political scene to the law court. He is asking the court to prevent his possible extradition to the United States, US. Today Friday, May 8, a federal high court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, heard […] More
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in OpinionBetween OBJ and Jonathan
In recent times, I have, like many Nigerians, found myself having to debate the rift between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. No matter how hard one tries to avoid the subject, it often shoots up in discussions with family members, friends or people of like minds. Although both men may deny […] More
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Economy: Nigeria Skirting The Circle
How I wished Tayo Akpata, Sam G. Ikoku, Bola Ige, Erhunse Bankole Akpata, Tunji Otegbeye and other departed Nigerian thinkers were alive today to see how the cooks of neo-colonial politics have spoilt the broth. I do not envy Allison, Ayida, Phillip Asiodu, Olufemi Okunnu, Mohammed Dikko Yusufu, Mohammed Ayagi, Balarabe Musa and others who […] More
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in Big StoryObasanjo Bemoans State Of The Nation
Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria has again taken a swipe at the Goodluck Jonathan administration over what he described as attempts to encourage violence in the country. “As a leader you must not deliberately do evil or condone evil. You should know that you will one day give account to God, you may cover […] More
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Nigeria’s Split Personality
I spent eight hours on a journey that took three, two decades before the arrival of Nigeria’s pseudo-democracy. When Yakubu Gowon built the Shagamu–Ore dual carriageway within three years of his post-war rule, it was pleasurable to ride to Benin from Lagos. Samuel Ogbemudia introduced those luxury buses with toilet facilities in his Midwest Line. […] More
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Who Cast The First Stone?
One wonders the furore about cross-carpeting in Nigeria by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, when it has been the major beneficiary of the obscene pastime. Only a few of those who lead the PDP today shared the dreams of the radicals who braved military might to forge a group that has now been debased by […] More
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in Big StoryTambuwal, APC Governors Absent From Council Of State Meeting
Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives, all elected state governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Muhammed Buhari, former head of state afe today absent at the Council of states meeting currently holding at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Reports from the State House, Abuja said the absentees did […] More
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EBOLA: Nigeria’s Triumph in Collectivism
Hurrah! At last there is something to celebrate in Nigeria. We are Ebola free for now. It proves our varying but progressive ingenuity under a collective ideal. Some fellow exported Ebola to Nigeria and we stopped him at our border before he could diffuse it to unmanageable dimension, thanks to Ameyor Adadevoh, the heroine of […] More
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