The reason why Kachikwu is in tatters, while Baru is hiding under the formidable shadows of the President and his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, is because Buhari is involved. And that’s why when all is said and done, no NNPC Board, no Tenders Board, no FEC and, believe me, no National Assembly, can unravel the messy feud between Kachikwu and Baru
Author: Azu Ishiekwene
Fagbenle has paid his dues and his candour and humanity shine brighter and brighter. If 70 is the new 60, why should he keep his pledge to go backstage and stay backstage. He should make yet another cameo appearance as “Pundit Emeritus”
Kanu has rallied hundreds of young people to his cause and managed to sell them a fool’s paradise – a promise of heaven on earth, once Biafra is realised
I was moved to write after watching an excerpt of your first press conference in which you lamented the “unfair” outcome of the ruling, but indicated that you were constrained to abide by the decision of the court
It’s a waste of time getting mad at Jonathan for giving himself a pass mark where voters had failed him. The question Okechukwu should be asking himself is whether the APC government will pass the electoral test that the last government failed, if an election were held today
But Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, appears to know Aloysius a bit. It was the governor who shared the narrative about drugs, dodgy businesses and imported gang warfare
But as long as people, especially politicians, know that they can get away with murder, they will continue to kill
Apart from the fact that Falana was a member of the Conference that made the recommendations, he’s a man whose views on any subject cannot be taken lightly.
I don’t know the last time Osinbajo spoke with Buhari – assuming he has done so at all – in the last 50 days, but I think it should concern him that the reputation of the government, which he heads even in acting capacity, is unraveling rapidly
Our schools have enough problems already, including the problem of those who studied CRK and IRK helping their children and wards to cheat during exams. The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are on edge.
It will take more than bullying schools to retain a religious curriculum for any meaningful change to happen
War costs more than data plan on a digital device; it’s more than virtual experience on a console. Nigeria’s civil war cost more than one million lives, displaced and disrupted the lives of millions more, and left even a greater number stranded with permanent scars
The NBA is right that eight months is a long time to arrest the judges and yet not file any formal charges against them. But surely these lawyers cannot pretend that a court system that subjects tens of hundreds of other citizens to this same misery should work differently for judges
His fingers are in every pie. His wife, Nkechi, is the only person in Nigeria who has more government portfolios than Babatunde Fashola: she supervises the Ministries of Women Affairs, Works, Health and the Office of the Secretary to the State Government. His son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, is the Chief of Staff, and a government building is named after one of his daughters, Uloma Nwosu. Imo is Okorocha’s chattel
It would be dishonest to pretend that Buhari has reached the mark, but Nigeria is not in the hole it was when he took over
The danger, at times like these, is that power floats, partly drifting but largely being usurped by a few self-appointed oracles, who would want the public to accept their every word as Buhari’s wish. That is unacceptable
Politicians, across board and parties lines, used to years of easy money from oil rent, have installed a system that hardly encourages accountability or rewards performance. Accountability is not a given; citizens must demand it, and if necessary, take it by force
The 41-year-old is aiming to become a three-time world champion against IBF champion Joshua in what will be his 69th professional bout
It’s also pointless playing Ping-Pong with el-Rufai, when all that Dogara is prepared to serve is a pay slip that does his reputation no good. He seriously wants the world to believe that he earns less than Jibrin?
Saraki was right. Pardon for Ndume is not in his hands; it’s in the hands of a political mob, which the Senate President leads, a mob enabled by a weak and confused executive branch
Sure, the executive has not been sterling, with its own share of Melayes creating the image of a hostage government. But is that what Nigerians deserve – a contest of incompetents who are largely members of the same party?