Nobody, absolutely nobody, was surprised when the Independent National Electoral Commission disclosed that some politicians were scheming to manipulate the BVAS technology for their nefarious agenda,...
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Fellow Nigerians, warm seasonal greetings to you all! It has given me great delight to deliver this new year address, one that represents my last as...
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Mr Chairman, Mr ‘Hitman’, the able and generous organizer, ladies and gentlemen, bonsoir a toute et a tous! (Good evening to everyone!) It is with great...
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In the beginning was a man who professed to be the unifier of Nigeria; he pledged to unite a sundered Nigeria; his campaign motif was ‘’One...
The global soccer fiesta, FIFA World Cup, just began in Doha, Qatar, last weekend. The four-year event features 32 teams representing every continent of the world....
On October 16, 2022, former Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state handed over power at a colourful ceremony attended by big wigs of the All Progressives...
Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, the Executive Governor of Anambra State, is a gentleman who was a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. As an...
COUNTRIES do not necessarily fail on account of losing territories during wars or conflicts. They fail first in the hearts and minds of its citizens. Nigeria...
Penultimate weekend the 82-year old husband of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Paul Pelosi, was brutally attacked inside the couple’s home at San...
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LAST week, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN], Mr. Godwin Emefiele, suddenly announced plans to redesign and reissue the N200, N500 and N1000...
The Islamic Republic of Iran is globally reputed to be a rogue state! Like North Korea she is desperately developing nuclear weapons. While the rest of...
Can Professor Charles Soludo go the whole hog? Can the reformist – minded Governor of Anambra State sustain the march for “disruptive change” in the State?...
SOMETHINGS are better said in your mother tongue. A second language, no matter how you are adept at it, may never really convey the core of...
In the colonial days of yore, the British possessing few personnel adopted indirect rule which necessitated the use of the natives to uphold the tenets of...
The unprecedented insecurity ravaging Nigeria has visited almost every nook and cranny of the federation, the rich and the poor. Even the President himself had been...
