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Amosun should not set Muslims against Christians in Ogun, by Wale Adedayo
The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, is certainly surrounded by persons who may not be able to look at him and tell him certain home truths. And, it is...
Read moreMy political diary: Day 50, by Olusegun Patrick Odegbami
With less than 100 votes in all, my villagers were all around me during the election day, snacking and drinking from my supply. I took it for granted I would...
Read moreSenate Presidency: Is APC really thinking?, by SKC Ogbonnia
Upon being re-elected, President Muhammadu Buhari endeared himself once again to the citizenry when he promised to show significant improvement in his second term. Buhari had also attributed a great...
Read morePromise made, promise kept, by Femi Adesina
In keeping with the promise by President Muhammadu Buhari that governance would not take the back seat in spite of his busy campaign schedules to all the 36 States and...
Read moreHow FG hopes to move Nigeria into top 100 on 2020 World Business Index, by Yemi Osinbajo
It really is a pleasure to be here this evening to celebrate the phenomenal successes of the PEBEC and especially the reforms, but more importantly to recognize specially some of...
Read moreNanny Vice Chancellor confronts helicopter parenting, by Azu Ishiekwene
At first, I thought it was fake news. But I read it to the end and later noticed that it had also been shared on a number of other serious...
Read moreMisery Index: Nigeria not a miserable country, by Reuben Abati
Misery Index: Nigeria not a miserable country, by Reuben Abati
Read moreAbu Gidado: Encounter with an incorruptible patriarch, by Yushau Shuaib
On his 66th birthday on April 2, 2006, I wrote a tribute on the incorruptible nature of Alhaji Abu Muawiya Gidado, Nigeria’s former Minister of State for Finance and Chairman...
Read morePius Adesanmi: Squealers Revolt (1), by Taju Tijani
This article was published on November 6, 2011 on the nigeriavillagesquare.com platform. May Adesanmi's soul rest in peace
Read moreThey have killed him. But why?, by Azu Ishiekwene
When six-year-old Emmanuel Jumbo-Ochigbo got into the blue-coloured Golf hatchback to school in the morning of Wednesday, March 20, it was like any other day – bright and sunny.
Read moreGabriel Okara: Nigeria has lost a literary legend, by Time Alaibe
Death — the mysterious intruder with cold hands — has struck again. Without any courtesy, it has taken away our literary father — our poet, our novelist and our writer...
Read moreThe forgotten and lonely change agents, by Reuben Abati
Somehow, Nigerians seem to have forgotten some of the valiant men and women who sought to take over the governance of Nigeria at the highest level and who campaigned vigorously...
Read moreNigeria 2019: Have we learnt any lessons?, by Reuben Abati
The 2019 general election in Nigeria has been described by international and local observers, stakeholders, direct participants and the electorate themselves as a “disappointment”, “ a bad day for democracy”,...
Read moreInconclusive Vote: Buhari’s disclaimer, by Azu Ishiekwene
I don’t know why a few state governors are running around, dragging President Muhammadu Buhari by the hem of his agbada to save them from the misery of inconclusive election...
Read moreLifting the veil of an entrepreneur, by Raheem Shefiu
Potential entrepreneurs must be grounded in human relations, which involves the need to know how to relate with all categories of stakeholders in the business that could be achieved by...
Read moreNigeria 2019: Eshu Laalu as polling agent, by Reuben Abati
Here is yet another account of what I saw in the politics of Ogun State and Nigeria. One of my early teachable moments was the realization that you are required...
Read moreAbia 2019: Why Ikpeazu won with a landslide, by Jude Ndukwe
The March 9 governorship poll has come and gone in Abia State and the people have since moved into post-election mood and activities. They have also since resumed their normal...
Read moreIhediohamma: That which is pleasing to all, by Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu
This is not just about Chukwuemeka. But yes, Chukwuemeka indeed. You may ask: what’s in a name? Chukwuemeka connotes gratitude. Gratitude to God for his intervention using Imolites as instruments...
Read moreINEC’s fresh powers to de-register political parties, by Femi Falana
In the case of Independent National Electoral Commission v. Balarabe Musa (2003) 10 WRN 1, the Supreme Court upheld the fundamental right of Nigerian citizens to form or belong to...
Read moreAbia 2019: Testimony of Ikpeazu’s leadership, by Enyinnaya Appolos
The peaceful conduct of the 2019 elections in Abia State from the Presidential/National Assembly to the Governorship/State House of Assembly polls without any rancour or loss of any human life...
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