When a proud Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan (simply Tobi Amusan) climbed the podium in faraway Eugene, Oregon in the United States, as the world champion in women 100m hurdles, not a few equally proud Nigerians mounted with her in spirit. She had just set a new world record at 12.12s breaking Keni Kendra Harrison’s 27-year record and leaving legend Michael Johnson …

In Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu’s Ondo State, wonders, it seems, will never end! Thrice within a space of two months, terrorist attacks were reported in Owo, the governor’s home town. This is apart from such attacks in other parts of the state. Is Ondo State slipping into the category of “failed states”? The first of the attacks, on 5 Junewas …

The supposedly Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ended the registration of (new) voters despite the fact that there were hundreds and thousands of would-be or intending voters trooping into and milling around voter registration centres or points all over the country. We saw pictures of agitated Nigerians struggling to get registered. Many slept at the registration centres. Others got …

By Kola Olabisi If a good thing is done at the wrong time and a bad thing is done at the auspicious time, one needs not be a genius to know that the result will be irredeemably catastrophic. There has indeed been an interesting passing phase in the political firmament of Osun State being a governorship election year that was …

Seven weeks after the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar announced Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate, the man not chosen remains the talk of the town. I’m not sure Abubakar (fondly called Atiku) expected this amount of pushback when he chose Okowa over Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. But just as it is with …

Peter Obi is guilty by association. He is Igbo. So we must hang him until the life leaves his miserable useless body. It is a crime to be Igbo in Nigeria. The Oba of Lagos wants them to go jump into the lagoon. The daughter of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu sees them as an ungrateful lot; a people who should be …

By Seth Akintoye I think Tinubu campaigners should separate campaign from propaganda! I have said this before on the Facebook platform. I cherish Tinubu: his political sagacity and tenacity of purpose, though I am not necessarily his fan. Gutter language, name calling and vituperation by his supporters will not help their principal’s cause. Political campaign is about selling your candidate …

Last week as I re-arranged books and old newspapers in my library, I stumbled on a piece of historical evidence that I consider germane to the ongoing discussion on the direction towards 2023. The find was fortuitous because I did not set out to look for it. In fact, I never knew it existed or was there. It was the …

Inept, invisible, impotent, inert, indolent, inefficacious, indifferent and incompetent. One or more of the preceding adjectives could/should apply to any or all of the four governors of Ogun State in the last 23 years. In the inglorious line-up are Olusegun Osoba (1999-2003), Gbenga Daniel (2003-2011), Ibikunle Amosun (2011-2019) and Dapo Abiodun (2019-). I am eligible, I believe, to speak for …

By Elvis Eromosele  Transportation, the movement of people and goods from one place to another, is a significant driver of human progress. In Nigeria, the three key means of transportation are road, air and water. Road transport however dominates the means of transportation, especially in urban and suburban areas. Reports indicate that road transport makes up about 90 per cent …