“To avoid giving an Edo gubernatorial ticket to an emergency Esan man, the election debate must be conducted in Esan dialect by eminent Esan men in Esan land.” ~ Sen. Adams Oshiomhole. I should have titled this piece “Adams Oshiomhole’s…
AS the 2024 governorship election and race slated for September 21st come closer, the spotlight shines brightly on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, a standout leader poised to make a significant impact. While the likes…
HOW did we reach where we are battling presently to exit from without much injury as a nation? What is responsible for the lingering security challenges we are facing as a nation? Why are we getting more and more divided…
‘THE inspiring acts of great men will often remind all to live a life sublime”; A didactic maxim of the Tibetan devoutness would say.. What could be a better inclined appellation for a gentlemanly Prince Goddy Jedy Agba, a blue…
HE figuratively wears luck around his neck like an old, well-worn talisman. This cosmic token has helped to define his eon. For all 66 years of his compelling earthly journey and still counting, his life has been steeped in an…
CRAFTING a tribute to someone as towering as Aremo Olusegun Osoba is akin to navigating a labyrinth of accolades where every path seems well trodden. Whether you aspire to extol baba Osoba as a Journalist, a Politician, a Statesman, or…
IN the current digital age, where information is constantly at our fingertips, the rise of fake news poses a serious challenge to journalistic integrity and the credibility of information shared with the public. Journalists, as the purveyors of truth and…
All over the world, politics is described as a dirty game. But in Nigeria, the dirt of politics seems dirtier, or even dirtiest. There is a common saying in my native Hausa that translates thus: If you want to…
SOMETIMES in 2010, I chanced upon this dubious human wreckage and a gun running land grabber at a birthday party in Benin, where he gleefully paraded Pump Action gun, proudly and shamelessly. Days later, my phone rang, pleading for me…
ONCE upon a time, Kano was a mother to the so many innovations be in a civil service, science and technology, water management, and even of the recent issue like urban beautifications not only in northern parts of the…
