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Of course, he also has very powerful Abuja-based political adversaries like the former Governor of the state, George Akume now a Senator, and others who want him out of office.  Samuel Ortom is thus caught between a moral dilemma and the…

The management of Public health has remained a great challenge to all Governments across the world, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. This has remained so because of the dynamic nature of illnesses evolving on regular basis,…

It has come and gone that 52 members of the All Progressives Congress in the National Assembly defected into the Peoples Democratic Party. And many more defections are yet underway. It was a heavy and unexpected below the belt punch on the…

From the demographics we have now, the historic figures and the present realities that we know, these defections will have little or no impact on the chances of Mr. President’s re-election

Democracy requires an active media to thrive. This is because the parameters that constitute good governance, which is a common feature of a vibrant civil rule, can be measured by the level of accountability,

I must thank the leadership of this association for considering me worthy of delivering this inaugural lecture.  It is my prayer that our intervention here today will lead to the transformation of Community Secondary School, Ndokwa, beyond…

The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, thinks he has found the medicine for public opinion: listen with blocked ears.

This would be about the fifth time that a court of competent jurisdiction, including the Federal High Court, the Federal High Court of the Federal Capital Territory and the ECOWAS Court will grant Colonel Dasuki bail, and the Federal…

I have up until this moment resisted the temptation to comment on the just concluded gubernatorial election in Ekiti State for the simple reason that the more the facts of the process emerged, the more confusing they seemed. About a week…

The story of digitization of broadcasting from analogue system of transmission is a sharp reminder that the crop of people who keep gaining access to hold top level government offices have substantially not changed from the mindset of…

When the former Vice President and presidential hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, recently addressed the London’s Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau came to power in France in 1917. That was when the First World War was full blown. But how did the world war start? Very simple! Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was murdered and that was all.

Nigeria hopes to commission another national airline in December, several years after the flag carrier was liquidated. Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika confirmed that he would commence negotiations with investors with a view to unveiling a new…

The pastor of the Household of God International Ministries, Reverend Chris Okotie, has asked the 68 political parties, especially the two major ones, to roll over and adopt him as their consensus candidate in next year’s presidential…

On July 21, 2018, the city of Yola will receive one of Adamawa State’s illustrious sons. Of course, Yola is Atiku Abubakar’s first home and his going home should ordinarily not catch any big attention

I’ve seen him address the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Seen him speak at AU (African Union) summits. Seen him address the European Parliament at Salzburg, France. Watched him speak to the world a number of times at…

I have admired Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Minister of Finance, from a distance. She speaks English the way the Queen of England speaks even though she seems to add a bit of cockney accent to it. She is good with figures which I am not good at…

As civil society activists, we pry over many agencies of government, advocating for due process and anti-corruption as spearheaded by the present federal administration. We stumbled on an agency largely unmentioned in the past, the Nigeria…

The assets of the Nigeria Airways of old have not only been liquidated; most of its former staffs are wasting away.

One area where this menace continues to rear its ugly head is in the rowdy ranks of human rights advocacy groups which were once credited with facilitating the successful liberation of several African nations from the scourge of oppressive…