Jimmy Carter at 99 without a single scandal to his name and Donald Trump at 78 with multiplicity of scandals galore, two Impeachments back to back, four or five criminal indictments back to back and a 91 count charge hanging over his neck like an Albatross. The outlaw is still running his mouth telling his…
African leaders in their separate speaches vowed to profer solutions to the enormous challenges and crisis confronting the continent. The leaders converged in Yenagoa the Bayelsa state capital at this year’s Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Democracy Dialogue Series: “Breaking New Grounds in the Democracy Development Nexus in Africa,” Those present at the event are Former President…
The chances of Senator Douye Diri getting re-elected as Governor of Bayelsa State come Nov. 11,2023 governorship polls in the State appears to be getting brighter day by day if the gale of endorsements from several individuals and groups is anything to go by. Adding to the number of numerous groups pledging support for the…
Reports have it that amid the ongoing tensions between India and Canada, along with growing concerns among parents about the hefty investments in their children’s education in Canada, staggering statistics reveal a capital outflow of a staggering Rs 68,000 crore each year from Punjab. According to data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), a…
The promise of our Constitution often eulogized by ACLU (American Civil Liberty Union)means nothing if compared to the Injustice and the Inequity of the American Electoral College Provision. For the benefit of many of the fans of this Column who are not students of Political Science and who may have thought like I once did…
This was first published by Daily Trust on Saturday, 17 November 2012. It encapsulates my mission and how I want to be remembered. I picked the title for this piece from the book written by Arthur Nwankwo when he felt former President Olusegun Obasanjo threatened him over a series of exchanges they had when the…
The promise of our Constitution often eulogized by ACLU (American Civil Liberty Union)means nothing if compared to the Injustice and the Inequity of the American Electoral College Provision. For the benefit of many of the fans of this Column who are not students of Political Science and who may have thought like I once did…
Gerald Ford had lost to Jimmy Carter because Gerald Ford did not know in a Debate that the Soviet Union had dominated Eastern Europe. American voters immediately concluded that Gerald Ford was suffering from Dementia and was damn too old and too dumb to be elected President of the United States. He lost to Jimmy…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps {NSCDC} Osun State Command joined other nations of the world to celebrate this year’s International Day of Peace, with the theme ‘’ACTIONS FOR PEACE: OUR AMBITION FOR GLOBAL GOALS’’. While addressing participants at the programme, the NSCDC Commandant, Agboola Sunday said a peaceful society could only be achieved…
In the realm of Nigerian politics, few figures have generated as much controversy and frustration as Femi Adesina, former Spokesperson to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. His recent endeavors to rewrite his narrative and distance himself from his role as a mouthpiece for the Buhari administration demand our scrutiny. It is imperative that we hold him accountable…
