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Why I Stand With Buhari By Femi Adesina
These are very difficult times in our country. Sad, mournful and dolorous times, as the New Year opened with killings in Rivers, Kaduna, Taraba, and Benue state, among others. Of course, there had been gruesome carnage on the Mambilla plateau mid last year, and bloodletting in Numan, Adamawa State, as well as in other…
Bola Tinubu, The Messiah Wey Nigeria Need
Nigeria on my mind. Nigerians wether una like it or not Tinubu is the Messiah God don give una to turn around this country for this time wey we dey so, but una no wan gree, una dey do strong head. Give the man chance, una no gree. Una dey talk say him be a…
Soyinka Urges Buhari To Stop Herdsmen Killings, Atrocities
By Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate urges the Nigerian government to do more in resolving the violence between herdsmen and farmers. It is happening all over again. History is repeating itself and, alas, within such an agonisingly short span of time. How often must we warn against the enervating lure of appeasement in face of aggression…
Not The Best Of Times For The Aliyus, Daughter Charged For Murder, Mother Charged For Corruption
These are not the best of times for the family of Aliyus of FCT, Abuja, Nigeria, as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission says it will on Tuesday (today) arraign Mrs. Maimuna Aliyu, the mother of Maryam Sanda, who allegedly killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello. The police had last week arraigned the…
The Deciet, Lies, Unwarranted Attacks Against Osinbajo
In the age of “alternative facts”, the media has been awash and desecrated with fake news, “post-truths” and outright untruths; where people who claim to be authors or journalists, in their write-ups, gleefully revel in these three 21st century media-related anomalies. And it seems a few notable names, including a former minister of aviation, have…
2019: Amosun’s Declaration Unsettles Politics In The State
Femi Ogboonikan writing in Thisday Live dissect the revolutionary declaration by the Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun to support Ogun West Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the state which has thrown the state’s political landscape into confusion. The announcement by the governor of Ogun State Ibikunle Amosun, to support Ogun West Senatorial…
We’ve Taken Nigeria Out Of Pdp’s Hell — Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in an interactive session with newsmen in Lagos at the weekend, speaks on issues of national interest. Recently, the Customs General, Ahmadu Ali, said you have 50 percent PDP members in this administration, he even said they are more than 50per cent and that they have…
I Like Short Dresses —falilat Ogunkoya-omotayo
Culled from Punch A former Olympic medallist and sports enthusiast, Falilat Ogunkoya-Omotayo, MON, speaks to BUKOLA BAKARE of Punch on her career, foundation, marriage, and other related matters What are some of the things that keep you busy these days? I currently run the Falilat Ogunkoya Sports Foundation; so, I am quite preoccupied with that.…
Leadership: What We Need The Most
LEADERSHIP: WHAT WE NEED THE MOST by Pastor Peter Ebunola Nearly everyone in this nation (Nigeria) believes that our foremost need right now is good leadership. We all secretly yearn for a Messiah that would turn our nation around economically, without realizing that the kind of leadership we have right now is what is fitting…