Penultimate Friday, Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu was quoted as raising the alarm that terrorists were trooping down South from the North. As volatile and scary as the statement was, the governor said nothing new. That the entire South-west, and not Akeredolu’s Ondo State alone, has been infiltrated and surrounded by terrorists and jihadists is generally well-known or, better still, such …

Azu Ishiekwene If the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu thought a placeholder would be a lightning rod, and maybe soften the blow of his final decision, he has seen by now that he is mistaken. There is a gathering storm. Those who are mad at him are not only upset by his …

There is a big chance that I do not know what I am talking about here, and it happens fairly often. I am not ashamed to say I talk a lot of BS. But I think that even when plied with a potent liquor cocktail, there is no chance of me saying that Funke Akindele has anything resembling political capital. …

“Audacity” is a word made popular in our own time by the erstwhile United States of America President, Barack Hussein Obama. A relatively little-known Black man in a country still seething with racial discrimination against the people of colour – as Blacks, African-Americans, Latinos, etc are called – decided to go for not just the highest office in the land …

By Moshood Fayemiwo In 2018 as political activities revved up to a successor in the State of Osun after the eight years of action-packed performance of my friend, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as Mr Governor, I was a guest of the Osun State Government. I was at the Presidential Lodge with my crew, and the political train of erstwhile Chief of …

I just read a submission by a good friend of mine, a lady, to the effect that men are driving women into sexual profligacy because of their sexual indiscipline. Here is my response: By the way this is not a moral treatise. So if you have preconceived notions about my response I am sorry. No virtuous woman goes a whoring …

The much-anticipated realignment of political forces has begun in earnest. That which was predicted would follow the outcome of the presidential primaries of the two leading political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – is already upon us! We have seen a gale of defections and carpet-crossing from APC to PDP and vice-versa, …

The other day, I received a call from Ehigie Edobor Uzamere, who represented Edo South in the eighth and ninth sessions of the Senate. We had chatted a few days earlier, our subject of engagement typically revolving around Nigerian politics. I asked him if he was in Benin City, capital of his state, or Abuja, where he lives. “I dey …

By Dare Babarinsa Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), came into the limelight 30 years ago. He was one of the young men and women who flocked around Chief Moshood Abiola, Nigerian President-presumptive and winner of the 12 June 1993, presidential election. Tinubu was elected Senator on the platform of Abiola’s Social Democratic …

By Emmanuel Oyemomi Going down the memory lane, as far as Nigeria is concerned, I don’t think we have a solid plan. What we have has been legacy and what impact theological education has brought into the nation. Some great institutions that are renowned for this – Harvard, Oxford, etc. – has become the cream of the world. History made …