Who is against democratic structures in the North-East?
ON Monday, April 21, 2014, LEADERSHIP newspaper’s lead story said that plans were afoot to suspend democratic structures in Adamawa, Borno and
Of school certificate, mudslinging and stonings: Pattern of Nigerian electioneering
FEMI FANI-KAYODE made the most of the hysteria. APC Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, according to him, does not possess the minimum requirement
There can be no postponing the February 2015 elections
SPEAKING last week at the Chatham House in London, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki, suggested the postponement of the
Hon. Justice Patricia Mahmoud: Righteousness in the Kano judiciary
EARLY this week, Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano state, swore in Honourable Justice Patricia Mahmoud as the Acting Chief Judge of
Burkina Faso’s legislative salaries: But did Aminu Tambuwal hear this?
This week, members of the Burkina Faso’s interim legislature agreed to take a 50% cut in their monthly salaries. It followed complaints
Gov. Babangida Aliyu’s doctrine of politics
It was my colleague and friend, Garbadeen Muhammed, who once described the Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu as “the most microphone-addicted
The insurgency and the 2015 elections
THIS week, President Goodluck Jonathan held a meeting with Nigerian security chiefs and governors of the North eastern states of Adamawa, Borno
Goodluck Jonathan surrender to Zionist Israeli diktat
LAST Tuesday, December 30, 2014, will go down as one of the darkest days in the practice of Nigerian foreign policy. That
Caught between continuity and change
POLITICAL life interests me a great deal. That is one of the reasons I studied Political Science. As we begin the New
Dr. Adesina’s agriculture reforms: Food for thought, food for the stomach
LET me honestly admit that the Nigerian Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, permanently leaves me breathless in my effort to understand
Tompolo’s warships: New toys for the sacred cow
The story broke last week. Former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo has acquired six new “toys”. These are