IN an interview with British Broadcasting Company (BBC) a few days ago, Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) promised to provide 24-hour electricity to Edo State citizens by buying transformers and electric poles if elected governor on September 21st.…
THEY have always told us that politics is dirty but nobody informed us that there are also mad men in politics and that in politics indiscretion and sloppiness are virtues. It is sad that perhaps, because of the stupendous wealth…
NIGERIA, the country that continues to dominate as Africa’s largest producer of Crude Oil, with a proven reserves of nearly 40 billion barrels, and a production capacity of more than 2 million barrels per day, is almost in permanent scarcity…
(Monday Lines published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 9 September, 2024) FROM William Bascom, American folklorist and anthropologist, I got a Yoruba story. It is here retold, substantially in my own words, in some areas using his…
On Monday, September 2, Nigeria took huge leaps towards ending a 28-year scourge of fuel importation, when Dangote Refineries announced the commencement of the production of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol in our climes. It was a good…
IN every profession, there is the permanent probability of work incident. It is a dangerous event that can occur in the course of an employee’s activity, or time of service. It carries different names, depending on the nature of the…
LIKE everyone else, I’m deeply concerned about the governorship candidate of the APC in the forthcoming Edo State Election, Senator Monday Okpebholo. A cursory examination of his public utterances and demeanor reveals a startling inadequacy, rendering him patently unsuitable for…
IN a famous quote, Chief Obafemi Awolowo once stated, ‘We have won the civil war. Yes, indeed. But to win the war for peace, we must recognise the real enemies. Otherwise, all our efforts would be totally misdirected and dissipated.’ His words…
ANALYSTS may argue that one name is as good as another, but the puritans among the analysts may argue otherwise. Because of their adherence to the strict moral principles, alongside their opposition to luxury and sensual enjoyment, sometimes, the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) liability candidate for the Edo State gubernatorial election slated for September 21st, Monday Okpebholo has been burying his head in the sand like the ostrich. At every turn of his campaign across the 18…
