A Game of the Jackals Government after government, Nigeria has unsuccessfully made repeated efforts to fight and rein in illegal oil theft. Yet the illicit business continues to blossom. Our findings show that this is the case because of the complicity of top government officials from the Presidency, the military, Civil Defence, and the Police…
Oba of Benin, ancestors and Lagos
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 4 December 2023) “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” Imagine this…
The Life and Times of Folu Olamiti
“There is no way you will talk about him without reference to his deep love for God, his immeasurable humility, simplicity and meekness.” – Biodun Ladokun On November 30, 2023, he would be 72 years. Family, friends and well-wishers would congregate at the ancient city of Ibadan to reminisce about his eventful life and the…
Nothing And No One Can Stop Us, Shaibu Taunts Obaseki as He Declares Governorship Ambition
A defiant Phillip Shaibu, the embattled deputy governor of Edo State, has finally thrown his hat into the ring to succeed his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki as he declared his governorship ambition on Monday in Benin City, the state capital. The tenure of the present administration ends November 11, 2024, and the Independent National Electoral…
Omo-Agege Kicks, Set to Appeal Verdict, As Tribunal Upholds Oborevwori’s Victory
The Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Friday dismissed the petition by former deputy senate president and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ovie Omo-Agege challenging the victory of Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the duly elected governor of the state. Affirming Oborevwore’s victory, the three-man panel headed by…
NULGE Knocks President Tinubu Over Bogus Cabinet, Anti-People Policies
The National President of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Ambali Olatunji on Wednesday took a swipe at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing him as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians, while he lives an extravagant life. The NULGE helmsman also pooh-poohed the economic policy of the Tinubu administration, dismissing it as “dodgy…
Vote buying: Adebutu, Zenith Bank, Others Face Money Laundering, Criminal Conspiracy Charges
The Ogun State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Oladipupo Adebutu, has been arraigned for alleged vote-buying during the March 18, 2023 governorship and House of Assembly poll in the state. Adebutu and four others were, however, charged in absentia because they were allegedly at large, according to the charge sheet.Adebutu had travelled…
Governor AbdulRazaq of Kwara Hails Senator Ajadi on his 66th birthday
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Kwara State Governor congratulated Suleiman Makanjuola Ajadi, a former senator from Kwara South and former commissioner for Finance and Economic Development in the state on his 66th birthday. He described him as an elder statesman who has contributed hugely to national development. In a congratulatory message issued by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary…
Inaugural Address by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023
THE NIGERIAN IDEAL My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose…
WhatsApp us