The ‘Jonathanian’ style of conceding defeat, whether election was credible or not, is not easy to emulate in politics. In fact, election has become a game that is not over until it is over. It is especially so in Africa, Nigeria, Niger Delta and Bayelsa State in particular, where cascades of legal and verbal bullets are unrelentingly ... Read more

The recent statement by the presidency cautioning citizens from protesting against the worsening insecurity and Mr. President’s refusal to remove the Service Chiefs, which the vast majority of Nigerians believe have overstayed without achieving meaningful results, have not only elicited worry but brings to mind the fact that there is somethin ... Read more

The recent revelation by the Borno State Commissioner for Information Babakura Jato that about 1,400 repentant Boko Haram suspects have been released in three tranches by the military and re-integrated into the society since Operation Safe Corridor, the government’s de-radicalization programme started in 2016, has generated a lot of angst, ... Read more

Recently, 22 years old Daibo Toju Davies, reportedly jumped into the lagoon on the 3rd Mainland Bridge. The victim, a resident of 17 Sosanya Street, Gbagada Soluyi, Lagos, allegedly engaged the services of Uber Taxi, with number plate KSF 426 GB, from Mercy Hospital, Gbagada, Lagos. He purportedly stopped the driver on the excuse of having st ... Read more

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, is undoubtedly Nigeria's most stylish king. The 51 year old king who shuttles between Nigeria and Canada is a fashionista with swags. But in recent time, he has generated more than enough controversies for himself through utterances, actions, fashion and even relationship. The latest in the ... Read more

It’s no longer news that the Supreme Court has fixed Tuesday, February18, 2020, for the review of its judgement over the lingering case of the All Progressives Congress (APC) botched primary election in Zamfara state. I woke up today with nosiness on what really former Zamfara state governor Abdulazeez Yari want and what will be his fate in t ... Read more

From the content of Hernando De Soto's book; The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else[B], [/B]a book about the transformation of dead capital into live capital through the institution of formal property rights, capitalism is in crisis outside the West not because international globalization is failin ... Read more