Monthly Archive: September 2016

Edo poll: Some preliminary notes – by Louis Odion 0

Edo poll: Some preliminary notes – by Louis Odion

Louis Odion   "The people of Edo has (sic) let Nigerians down, though we know that Oshiomhole did fairly well, but (sic) we wanted a signal to Buhari at the centre."   The foregoing...

WHAT AISHA BUHARI IS DOING AT THE UN 0

WHAT AISHA BUHARI IS DOING AT THE UN

Aisha Buhari   A wailer friend of mine has just queried what Mrs. Aisha Buhari is doing on the entourage of President Buhari to the 71st UN General Assembly. He even asked why she...

ON SELLING NLNG 0

ON SELLING NLNG

Aliko Dangote   Since business mogul, Aliko Dangote suggested that the Federal Government should sell off the NLNG as a way of getting Nigeria out of economic recession, I have been reading all sorts...

Fit to wake the Dead 0

Fit to wake the Dead

Mrs. Patience Jonathan   $31.4 million! And another $5 million. And another $15 million. Total $51.4 million! All linked to the wife of a former President of the Federal Republic.   The former First...

Edo Guber election postponement : APC own goal 0

Edo Guber election postponement : APC own goal

Obaseki/Ize-Iyamu   The problem with precedent is that it can, and is always, used to justify future actions or inactions for good or for ill.   When the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) postponed...

Two great news and Some……… 0

Two great news and Some………

Two great news and some….   First, Danbuwa market, a short distance from the dreaded Sambisa forest in Borno State, has been re-opened after two years of being shut down on account of incessant...

Reports of hardship in Nigeria ‘mere propaganda’ – NAN chief, Onanuga 0

Reports of hardship in Nigeria ‘mere propaganda’ – NAN chief, Onanuga

Bayo Onanuga Reports of hardship in Nigeria ‘mere propaganda’ – NAN chief, Onanuga   The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, Bayo Onanuga, has come under fire after accusing the Nigerian media...

Gov Ambode’s vision of Lagos 0

Gov Ambode’s vision of Lagos

You probably know that Lagos always has a way of reinventing itself.    You probably know that after many years of military misrule, the revival foundation of Lagos was laid by Ashiwaju Bola Tinubu...

Fayose’s anti-grazing Law 0

Fayose’s anti-grazing Law

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State   Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has signed the anti-grazing bill into law, warning that any herdsman caught with arms or dangerous weapons in the state would be...