Bola Tinubu @ 60
THIS week, former governor of Lagos state, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is celebrating his 60th birthday. It has become the most talked about
Politics as PR and gimmick
Politics has therefore come closer to PR and gimmick; the genuine interests of the people have increasingly eroded, as the neoliberal platform
PDP’s coronation aftermath of absurdities
In the end, what the PDP dished was a standard menu of ‘consensus’; candidates were an outcome of a smoke-filled inner recesses
Boko Haram: Mediated negotiations breaks down
LAST week, there were leaks in the media, that indirect negotiations had commenced between the Federal Government and the Islamist organisation, Boko
Tucking ambition and consensus under PDP’s umbrella
A WEEK can be a very long time in politics. And the past week has been most interesting in the cloak-and-dagger world of
M. D. Belgore and the unfinished work in Kwara State
LAST week, the Suprem Court affirmed that Abdulfatai Ahmed, was winner of the April 2011 gubernatorial election in Kwara state. The
Revenue allocation: Northern demand, South-South threats
VANGUARD newspaper has faithfully reported the anger, insults and threats from the South-South, apropos of the demand made by Chairman of the
The Ibori phenomenon: Thieves and govt houses
“He was never the legitimate governor and there was effectively a thief in government house. As the pretender of that public office,
Odumegwu Ojukwu: The rebel’s finale
LAST week, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.General Ihejerika, posted full page, colour obituaries in memory of the Biafran rebel leader OdumegwuOjukwu:
Restructuring, states creation and the accompanying delusions
LAST weekend, the deputy president of Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, held an interactive session with lawyers of South-eastern origin in Lagos. The topic