Category: OPINION

By Peter Ahiarakwe Mbaise people are among the most United people in Imo State. Despite their different political background, they don’t joke with their unity as a people. You can accuse the people of Mbaise of anything, not that they don’t love themselves. They have that empathy for each other. Imo State in the last few years has been bedevilled with insecurity. Specifically, most LGAs in Orlu zone have not had peace in the last two years, and still counting. Most communities in Orsu, Orlu, Oru East and Oru West,…

• Governor upgrades rural road 40 years after, flags off project’s expansion to Abraham Adesanya Roundabout By Gboyega Akosile First phase of the reconstruction and upgrading of the Eti Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway has now been completed and delivered, with the infrastructure formally opened to vehicular traffic. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu was on Wednesday, accompanied by joyful residents to commission the 18.75-kilometre-long stretch from Eleko to Epe T-Junction, turning a two-lane rural roadway to a six-lane rigid concrete carriageway. The construction feat marked a significant improvement in the effort to…

By Kunle Rasheed I had always thought President Muhammadu Buhari loves Nigeria so much going by the way he laboured so hard to become the first citizen of the country again after  he was unceremoniously booted out of power almost four decades ago by General (Rtd.) Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida through military coup. At the time the Daura man and his team were shown the red card, the new government led by the gap toothed, self styled Military President gave several reasons for the eviction, which particularly was the failure of…

Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT), APC candidate By Tunde Olusunle With the manner in which the current electioneering campaign season is unravelling, it may yet be the most interesting, most suspenseful and most revealing, of the nation’s fourth republic. My mind goes back to the popular, dancefloor funk tune, popular in my generation, “Sixty thrills a minute.” It was produced by the New York-based music group, which goes by the name Mystic Merlin, over four decades ago. The very title of the song suggests that every second of the 60, which…

Tinubu is right. Buhari has failed spectacularly. But it is highly disingenuous for the APC presidential candidate to just take a walk from the mess that Buhari’s lack of capacity has made of governance in Nigeria because he is vicariously liable. By Ikechukwu Amaechi It was obvious to all discerning minds from the get-go that the 2023 elections would be like no other. However, even the most perceptive of political observers could never have imagined the breadth of the incongruities, if not outright illogicalities that are underpinning the contest. The…

By NewsBits Sincerely speaking, I thought Bola Tinubu was an astute and a smart politician until his recent flop in Abia. No wonder people are leaving his campaign train in droves as a result of continued gaffes and bad calls. We had expected Bola Tinubu to query the empty campaign ground he met in Umuahia the Abia State capital yesterday despite spending a humongous sum totalling over NGN400m which he earmarked for crowd renting yet people including notable APC leaders in Abia and South East at large distanced themselves from…

By Angela Agoawike Campaign promises are made at every level of political governance that requires an election by those contesting for the offices. Thus, promises are made at local (LGA) and state levels and at the centre. Such promises begin as transactional relationship– give me your vote and I will do so and so for you. The moment such a person is elected to an office, the transaction is concluded, and I believe the relationship shifts to another phase like the Social Contract as espoused in different forms by JJ…

By Chuks Collins, Abuja When Pastor Paul Osaromen dropped an usual prophetic message to the nation about four years ago in 2019 -that the Igbos of Nigeria should prepare to take over the rein of leadership of Nigeria after President Muhammadu Buhari, not many were too surprised. Yes, because any discerning mind simply know that it was about time. About time to give these dogged never-say-die sons of the East opportunity to contribute their committed quota to the growth of this nation, Nigeria. About time to get those who have…