POLITICS

Oba Ebenezer Akintunde Akinyemi, the Eselu of Iselu in Yewa North Local Government of Ogun State, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider the deployment of foreign mercenaries as a decisive strategy to end the worsening scourge of terrorism and banditry ravaging parts of Nigeria, particularly in Plateau, …

PORT-HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA – The streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in the morning of Wednesday, April 16, 2025 were overtaken by hundreds of women clad in red attire, staging a massive protest. The women were united in their call for the immediate return of the suspended state governor, …

Opinion: BY ABIODUN KOMOLAFE Nigeria’s current challenges are products of a complex interplay of historical, economic and social factors, including a flawed foundation, poor governance and successive elites’ inability to improve the country’s infrastructure and institutions. This foundational weakness has hindered national progress, resulting in unimpressive development indices. Those in …

ABAKALIKI, ABIA STATE, NIGERIA – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asserted that Nigerians have no reason to be living in poverty, given the country’s abundant natural and human resources. Speaking during a dinner held in his honour by the Abia State Government at the Government House, Umuahia, on Friday, April …

Opinion: BY ABIODUN KOMOLAFE Nigeria’s current challenges are products of a complex interplay of historical, economic and social factors, including a flawed foundation, poor governance and successive elites’ inability to improve the country’s infrastructure and institutions. This foundational weakness has hindered national progress, resulting in unimpressive development indices. Those in …

Opinion: BY OLUWOLE OLADIPO In every society, there are three types of people…the creators, managers, and destroyers- Both the creator and manager could be either positive, or negative, in their creative/managerial roles, abilities, and dealings, in the material world. But, the destroyer has no duality of purpose, rather than just being …

Opinion: BY ABU-SATAR HAMED As I reflect on the ongoing discussions surrounding the ambitions of Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (Omo to Yayi), representing Ogun West in the National Assembly, I feel compelled to offer a word of caution. We must be mindful of how we portray the Senator’s aspirations for …

LAGOS, NIGERIA – Chief Olabode George, a prominent leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has strongly condemned the ongoing recall process of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In a fiery statement, the respected politician expressed his outrage over how the Senate and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have handled the …

Opinion: BY SF OJO EMMANUEL Strategic, Not an Indictment  The claim that the Federal Government’s takeover of TASUED is an indictment on Ogun State or a failure of the present administration is completely misleading. This is a strategic decision aimed at ensuring the university’s long-term sustainability, growth, and global relevance. …

Opinion: BY OLUWOLE OLADIPUPO The media space was agog with the above  news story, recently! I, once, wrote a piece on the Supreme Court judgement on Local government financial autonomy…analysed its, inherent, attendant political undertones, and confusions, therein- But, some politico-ethnocentrically inclined persons, initially felt otherwise, just like my earlier piece, where …