Can the real progressives be upstanding?
Much has been said and debated about the need to have a president that will be conscious enough to realise that he’s leading over 170million Nigerians who desire the basic…
Governor Okorocha and the Oguta Council Funds
I remember Fela Kuti. I so much love Fela’s Afrobeat which he originated and perfected from African highlife, rhythm, percussion and jazz. They made him connect with contemporary events in…
How Police Removed ‘Murder’ Charge Against Ejigbo ‘Pepper-traitors’ – By Joe Odumakin
Until that day some two months ago after we returned from Benin Republic to get clearance from their Interpol to excavate Juliana’s body on forensic examination, I still carried the…
Ife Bombing, PDP And Boko Haram (Part 1)
We are living in desperate times now and it’s becoming clear as the days go by that the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan’s burning ambition to be re-elected would come…
#Ekiti Decides: Forerunner to #Nigeria Decides 2015
Not even the most politically naïve Nigerian can fail to appreciate that the recent governorship election in Ekiti State is a forerunner to the 2015 presidential elections. The two major…
Fayemi Lost But Fayose Did Not Win, Who Did?
If you are talking about results from a population of 2.3million. With over 1.6 million eligible voters and 700 thousand plus registered voters from which meager figures of 100, 200…
Fayose, Ekiti and Politics of Southwest
Peter Ayodele Fayose, the Governor-Elect of Ekiti State, is an enigma in Nigerian politics. Nobody seems to understand his style and strategies. Until the declaration of the results of the…
The Darker Sides of The “Safe Schools Initiative”
The “Safe Schools Initiative” (SSI) is a brainchild of Gordon Brown, former UK Prime Minister who now serves as United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education. The SSI was earlier…
All Eyes On Ekiti – Bola Tinubu
With today’s election, Ekiti State has become the epicenter of Nigerian electoral politics. Here, the major political fault lines converge into a great foreshadowing. Fateful questions not only about Ekiti…
Confronting the Menace of Falling Freight Containers
At the turn of this century when the death toll on the world’s roads hit 3400 per day and nearly 1.3 million with up to 50 million injured every year,…