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Political Reversal 0

Political Reversal

  Robert Greene is the author of various books on Power, among which are The 48 Laws of Power, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, The Art of Seduction and Mastery.  ...

Adams Oshiomhole’s Pension Benefits 0

Adams Oshiomhole’s Pension Benefits

Adams Oshiomhole   1. N200 million mansion anywhere in Nigeria    2. 3 cars to be changed every five years,    3. 3 drivers to be paid by Edo State Government for as long...

Between the Rock and the Dome 0

Between the Rock and the Dome

In a space of two weeks the Senate of the Federal of Republic of Nigeria has rejected two very important requests presented to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. The first was the request for...

PMB, Magu and the ‘Cabal’ – by Louis Odion, FNGE 0

PMB, Magu and the ‘Cabal’ – by Louis Odion, FNGE

Ibrahim  Magu Anyone still wondering why the hardworking Ibrahim Magu has not been confirmed EFCC chairman yet, one year on, could not be familiar with high-wire intrigues in Abuja. Statutorily, the Senate confirms the...

Oshiomhole In Edo history – by Louis Odion, FNGE 0

Oshiomhole In Edo history – by Louis Odion, FNGE

Adams Oshiomhole    Though continents apart, there are a surfeit of parallels between outgoing US President Barak Obama and retiring Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State. Both are not only southpaw and gifted orators,...

Random Thoughts 0

Random Thoughts

President Mohammadu Buhari  ​ There is no doubt that President Muhammadu Buhari is doing his best to fix things, but I see that his party, the APC is not giving him enough support.   ...

Executive vigilante & other apparitions – By Louis Odion, FNGE 0

Executive vigilante & other apparitions – By Louis Odion, FNGE

Louis Odion   In line with the tradition of this column, today, we look back with a view to compiling words/phrases which have crept treacherously into public conversation lately. As we shall soon find,...

STILL ON AISHA BUHARI 0

STILL ON AISHA BUHARI

On 13th October 2016, the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari granted an interview to the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC. In the translated and published version of the interview, Aisha...

Nnamani and the Abuja racket – by Louis Odion, FNGE 0

Nnamani and the Abuja racket – by Louis Odion, FNGE

With the inauguration of the Ken Nnamani committee on Tuesday, the Buhari administration is following closely the footsteps of his predecessors in what seems to have become a perennial national racket. But coming soon...

OF WAILERS, HAILERS AND WAILER-HAILERS 0

OF WAILERS, HAILERS AND WAILER-HAILERS

Let me state from the onset that wailers mean well for the country. Hailers also mean well for the country. Wailer-hailers, too, want the best for our country.   Though we see things from...