Since 1999 return to democratic practice in Nigeria, National Women leaders of ruling political parties particularly the People’s Democratic Party that ruled between 1999-2015 for consecutive sixteen years, had installed the party’s serving or former National Women leaders as automatic cabinet ministers, to further protect the interest of women and improved the usual clamour for…
By ABUBAKAR YUSUF. In the history of Lagos state from the days it was occupied as the seat of Nigeria’s government, the level of infrastructure rejuvenation and innovations across all sectors from 2019 when Babajide Sanwo-Olu/ Hamzat administration came to the mantle of leadership, it had witnessed another genuine commitment towards it’s advancement and major…
Since its creation in August 1991, Kogi state has been plagued with numerous bottlenecks even though the territory is blessed with abundant mineral resources. In terms of leadership structure, ardent followers of political trends can seamlessly highlight the success stories in sequence of hope, accountability and visionary pride. The Confluence state is beaming with giant…
The simple truth is that no Governor should ordinarily be afraid of impeachment if his intending, actions and policies are lawful, above board and people oriented. After All, the grounds for impeachment are clearly enumerated in our laws and thus should be fairly easy to avoid. Conversely, our State is far more important than the…
With Edward Onoja, it is One Day, One Lesson. Again today, I saw another angle of one of the most misunderstood man in Kogi State today. I now know how indispensable his wealth of experience is. He is so deep in knowledge and native wisdom that he cannot be easily ignored. Everyone was spellbound…
Although several countries, such as the United Kingdom, China, the United States, Egypt, Niger, Ghana and a host of others have congratulated the winner, Senator Ahmed Tinubu, some also charged the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, to improve on the electoral process and called for those who have genuine grievances to pursue them through the…
Your Excellency Letter of Congratulations Like most Nigerians, I rejoiced greatly when our electoral management body INEC pronounced you winner of the keenly contested February 25th 2023 presidential election. The import of your emergence dawned on me afresh during your acceptance speech when you spoke to such sundry issues as the need to ease…
By ABUBAKAR YUSUF. Time is of essence, they said.since it is a question of time for a replay of an event wrongly consummated in Kogi at about eight years ago. There is no denying that Rt Honorable James Abiodun Faleke (JAF) was the former deputy governorship candidate of APC in the 2016 election in…
By Peter Ahenakaa (Agedam Gboko) I have seen videos of the failed priest who is said to be the APC governorship candidate in Benue state Hyacinth Alia where he only dances kpingi and pachanga without telling people what he will do if voted as governor. My conclusion is that he is empty upstairs and…
It is rare and out of political disposition but passion for the downtrodden, average Lagosians and residents of Lagos state, as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu rolled out palliative measures to caution the hardship occasioned by naira redesign or swap and the unabated fuel crises bedeviling the country build up to 2023 general elections. Lagos Governor,…
No doubt the coarse for the primary election exercise for parties in Kogi state will climaxed in April 2023, as Senator Atai Aidoko Ali of PDP will be one of the strong contender in the forthcoming election. Out of the nine aspirants or more gunning for the position to become Kogi Governor in January…
I met him before I knew him. I got to know him long before I met him. He has always stood out. He will always stand out. The faith he professes and his ethnicity do not coincide in the imagination of many, but he is the bridge that many do not know exist. He’s…
By Donald Atule. All is not well within the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue state at present. The governorship candidate of the party who is now demoted to a mere aspirant Hyacinth Alia is no longer finding things funny and has dared the party’s leader George Akume whom he has accused of being…
In democracy, among the three recognized alms of government, the Senate decision, as the legislative Alms, matters and should be so recognized. With the recent decision at the Senate red chamber to extend the closing date for collection of old currency exchange, there’s no doubt that this decision has not gone down well within the…
BY OGACHEKO OPALUWA. I have always been fascinated by the saying that ‘what goes around, comes around.’ Once in my infantile indulgences while in secondary school, I tried to demonstrate to my friends what the adage meant. Many of my slow-learning classmates that were wittier than me in vernacularly conversations could not fathom the popular…
By Ebuka Onyekwelu. A few days ago, Chief Seyi Tinubu, the only surviving son of APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was in Anambra to meet and deliberate with some critical stakeholders in the State. The 37 years old Seyi, a law graduate, has in the past visited many other stakeholders across the country,…
By Pius Ogwa. I am contributing this piece more out of amusement than in response to the frenetic utterances of APC foot soldiers to the mammoth crowd that graced PDP’s political rally which took place on Saturday 14th January, 2023 in Lokoja, Kogi State. Had the rally held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital under…
From Sen. Maigoro, Umaisha. Rt. Hon. Abdullahi Ibrahim Balarabe, The Speaking Speaking of Nasarawa state House of Assembly is the quintessential political icon of our time, Balarabe is a man of many parts and definitions to people of all creed. A leader is one whose personality is so influential that it connects even with the…
Dear men of the world My message for you is that you have that; you have power. “You are one powerful human being who can create the change our world solely desires—the best way to do this and how it can be done only through the heart—leading with love.” “You are the foundation of…
By ABUBAKAR YUSUF. The Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, under the leadership of Engr Mele Kolo Kyari has broken records on many fronts in the oil industry along with infrastructural development in the country. This was away from the statutory functions of the NNPCL, transformed under the current leadership of the corporation…
