By Tunde Odesola Indeed and in deed, I’m not envious of the T-Pain nickname of President Bola Tinubu because I’m T-P, too. But my T-P is not Tunde-Pain. Neither is it the weight loss Tinubu-Pain capsule the President is forcing down the throats of Nigerians. My T-P, Tunde-Paradox, is the product of my inability to […]
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Nigeria is in a precarious situation with its neighbours. Arms and ammunition slip in through the western border with the Benin Republic. From Cameroon in the east, militants launch intermittent attacks. But the biggest security threat is from the north where Nigeria shares a notoriously porous 1,698km border with two Lake Chad Basin countries: Niger […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun By now, you have probably seen Seyi, the president’s son, at presidential meetings and functions where he, ideally, has no business. Remember, his father had to ban him from attending the weekly meetings of the Federal Executive Council, saying his access was “undue.” Undeterred, Seyi still showed up at the swearing-in ceremony […]
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By Steve Otaloro The recent allegations made by the PDP against Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa are baseless and misleading. The approvals mentioned are part of the administration’s efforts to improve infrastructure and enhance governance. The renovations will ultimately benefit the state’s economy and citizens. We urge the public to disregard these false accusations and focus on […]
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By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei In the last 48 hours, it has become more clearly evident that, with Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa as Governor, Ondo State will continue to suffer, perhaps, more than we have ever suffered before as a people. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Akure South Local Government “Road Walk” in Akure, the State capital, […]
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By Lasisi Olagunju On May 25, 2020, George Floyd of Minneapolis repeatedly pleaded for reprieve. “I can’t breathe,” he groaned while police officer, Derek Chauvin, smashed his knee on Floyd’s neck and back. A bystander saw what was happening and exclaimed “let him breathe.” No. The officer was killing Floyd slowly. For every plea for […]
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By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei The much-hyped Flag-off Campaign by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa at the Ondo City Stadium on Saturday, 12th October, 2024 was not only a show of shame but an anticlimax. The Stadium which hosted various high-calibre sporting events in the past was a ghost of its former self with a dilapidated pavilion as […]
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By Jide Ojo Since the return to civil rule in 1999, Rivers State, the acclaimed treasure base of Nigeria, has had five governors namely Peter Odili, Celestine Omehia, Chibuike Amaechi, Nyesom Wike, and now Simnalayi Fubara. The first major political crisis in the state happened in 2006 during the Peoples Democratic Party governorship nomination for […]
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By Reuben Abati There is a fire and ballot revolution in Rivers State and the main victim that I can see for now in the burning fire is Nyesom Wike, former Governor of Rivers State, incumbent Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) who is on record as having boasted garrulously that if anybody, a […]
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By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei. The media minders and information strategists of Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa have struggled unsuccessfully to do damage control on their pay master’s scorecard which l put in the public domain since l began these series. Unfortunately, they have been reactionary, leaving out the main issues in question to reel out […]
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