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Being the presentation by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, as part of activities marking the Nigeria Union of Journalists Week in Kogi State on August 16, 2018

The enthronement ceremony, which was quite serene, was at the same time colourful  due to the array of dignitaries who graced the occasion.

I say without any equivocation that this young man who is there now - Akinwunmi Ambode - has raised the stake of performance (in Lagos State), especially in infrastructure. - Olabode George, chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic…

The death of former Secretary-General of United Nations and Noble Peace Prize Laureate, Mr. Kofi Annan, in Bern, Switzerland today, August 18, 2018, is a loss to Africa and the entire world because of all that he represented.

This quote propels me to think of the dignity of the human race and the rights of every man which should never be denied. 

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, in June this year commissioned a standard warehouse for the storage of medicines and medical products in Lagos. The warehouse was partly funded by the US Agency for International Development.…

They were classmate at Qua Iboe Church Group School, Ikot Akpa Idem, the second primary school attended by the former, where they passed out with First School Leaving Certificate after examination conducted by the then Eastern Region of…

One of the observations made when the pressure group, Third Force or Nigeria Intervention Movement, was formed early in 2018 was that its membership was star-studded. Star-studded in the sense that most of them were “very brilliant” people…

Last January, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo wrote his famous letter to President Muhammadu Buhari in which he, among other things, asked the latter not to seek re-election. The move was received by a majority of Nigerians with a lot of…

They vituperatively keep mushrooming! For a while, they will recess and another irritant set will restlessly come up in mutative trance and exponential dimensions. Social media and provincial rag-sheets are the yellowish instrumentalities…

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, should have been given the boot the next day after he assumed office. That he has stayed this long in that office means he is stroking the right fingers. He is a telling example of why public…

Though he died unsung, Pa Ichiogu Ikpeazu, the great Umuobiakwa goldsmith, still lives on. Exceptional genes do not die. He produced a teacher, Nwaono (nono) and the teacher produced another teacher, Okezie. If we could rewind the hand of…

The international community must be wondering what kind of people are actually in charge in Nigeria. The relationship between the legislature and the executive arms of government at the centre, not at any time a good example, has been…

I have prepared my mind to see a lot of intrigue in the run up to the next general election in Kwara State, especially because of the leadership vacuum which now exists in the All Progressives Congress due to the much talked about defection…

It was 24 hours after the official release of my book: “An Encounter with the Spymaster,” in July 2017 that I received an invitation from a top retired Officer in the Nigerian Air Force for a meeting with the then Director General of the…

The killings across the nation then by the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, was tearing the nation apart in the North East, the activities of the Herdsmen in the central region was defiling solution, cattle rustlers have taken a hold on…

Once upon a time a General took over the reigns of power in Nigeria. He was determined to straighten Nigeria and instill discipline in the hope that in no long time Nigeria will be counted among the developed nations of the world.

If we want this country to survive and Nigerians to have peace and security, Buhari should be stopped from the relentless war being waged on Nigeria by pampered militias

Presently, God’s name is pervading the atmosphere just as Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is wont to do. We commend this General for holding brief for God as to when God would forgive, especially on his interaction with Atiku Abubakar

What is it about us, Nigerians, that make others think they can take us for granted and get away with it? Two different recent news items got me thinking about how long we would be prepared to put up with the shenanigans of folks who think…