The immediate past President of the Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA) Olumide Akpata, has thrown his hat into the ring to vie for the governorship of Edo State on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). Formally announcing his ambition on Thursday at the party Secretariat in Benin City shortly after meeting with the leadership of…
Nigeria After Buhari By Ben Lawrence
President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election is a challenge for him to immortalise himself in this home stretch of his active political life. He must draw from the same pool as Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello, Aminu Kano, Yakubu Gowon, Samuel Ogbemudia, Michael Okpara, Lateef Jakande, Tony Enahoro, Emeka Ojukwu and a few others who considered…
All Hail Our Virtual President
The citizenship of Facebook is over one billion, those who inhabit tweeter are in competition with Facebook. The citizens of this world often pride themselves as being the most literate, flaunting the best ideas. They connect across the world, mostly with little or no physical contact. With them is the island of wisdom and virtue.…
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Panacea
Our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, deserves a million full-throated guffaws for scaling the first hurdle in his pledge to battle joblessness. The news is that 200,000 unemployed graduates have been drafted to teach in, schools and work in the agricultural sector. Does it not prove that government is the engine of growth in any economy,…
Aisha Is An Asset
President Muhammadu Buhari is a lucky man. It is not easy to amass such radical, loyal, teeming millions of supporters, most willing to pay the supreme price for his cause. And his luck and integrity brought him also a passionately devoted another half, Aisha. He must not burn his luck unwittingly in the hands of…
They Give No Hoot of Who Done It
It is an understatement that corruption has reached a crisis point in Nigeria. The people have seen camels pass through the eye of the needle in this country. It is hopeless when people realize that injustice pervades the realm that should be the final arbiter. They say the law is an ass. There is no…
Supreme Court Vs People’s Court
Why was Nyesom Wike testifying live on television as if possessed? That was the poser from a close friend, Mr. Pius Babalola, after watching that unedifying episode at which the Rivers State Governor told the story of his victory, holding nothing back. Wike seems to be a man of truth who did not want to…
Deluge Knocking at the Door
Who is to blame for Lagos returning to a dirty megalopolis? There are roads in Lagos State that care has forgotten for more than two decades. February announces the arrival of the wet season in southern Nigeria though now dry in Lagos. Someone said jokingly that God had a reason for creating the type of…
The Imperatives of Change
I beg to disagree with His Eminence on a certain matter of common interest but to agree with labour and manufacturers on the change so desired for our recovery to be a reality. We are looking forward to having once again conditions of our not-too-distant past when every Nigerian had something that positively engaged them.…
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