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But for its assault in sensibilities of Nigerians, the assemblage of impenitent PDP governors with the likes of Osun’s Ademola Adeleke, the dancing governor and Bauchi’s Bala Mohammed of ‘Every West African Fulani is a Nigerian’ in Gusau, Zamfara, last week Saturday where the forum attributed PDP’s unimpressive outing during Continue Reading

…….Only a United APC Can Translate Federal Gains to Oyo State in 2027 Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and 2027 gubernatorial aspirant in Oyo State, Barr. Akeem Adedeji Agbaje, has emphasized the need for sincere and sustained unity within the party to ensure victory for both President Bola Continue Reading

Nigerian-Born Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, came calling the other week. She paid a courtesy call on President Bola Tinubu and gave what should have been an austere and severe personal assessment of Nigeria’s economic performance under the Tinubu administration. An otherwise closely-reasoned television interview Continue Reading

SIR: When Mrs Olubunmi Kuku assumed the helm of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in 2023, the aviation sector was at a crossroads — grappling with ageing infrastructure, revenue leakages, operational inefficiencies, and mounting passenger dissatisfaction. Two years later, her leadership has not only steadied the course but Continue Reading

No hiding place for bad behaviour. That is the innocuous message a federal court in Canada, quietly passed to members of Nigeria’s political class, when it upheld the opinion of that country’s Immigration Appeal Division (IAD), that our leading political parties nurture terrorist acts. Perhaps, also embedded in the message Continue Reading

The “combat” for the 2027 presidential election, though, extremely premature, continues to showcase the magnitude to which the opposition is ready to go in order to wrestle the sole and most cherished seat in Aso Rock from its occupant. As earlier mentioned, the “detractors” of the Tinubu Administration, if they Continue Reading

  By Muftau Gbadegesin As of today, Governor Seyi Makinde has graciously and generously dashed out different models of brand-new, tear leather Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) to selected journalists, broadcasters and media professionals as rewards for only-God-know-what-efforts in the state. He has equally awarded a controversial multi-million-naira book contract, to Continue Reading

On Sunday, August 24, 2025, Engr. (Dr.) Jani Ibrahim, National President of NACCIMA and President of Organised Private Sector Nigeria (OPSN), made a courtesy visit to Oba Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja, the Olubadan-Designate, at his Bodija residence in Ibadan, Oyo State. He was accompanied by Engr. (Amb.) Segun Bolaji, an Elected Continue Reading

I commend Babatunde Fashola, a former Governor and former Minister, for his advocacy of a sports-driven economic modelfor Nigeria. Speaking at a book presentation, Fashola said Nigeria’s policymakers had“ignored a solution hiding in plain sight” by failing to fully develop sports as a business and an untapped solution to the Continue Reading

A self -anointed select pack of northern political hounds has found a favourite seasonal mascot for each election cycle. Former president Goodluck Jonathan has managed to find repetitive mention in each election cycle. Hardly any presidential election cycle passes without a loud speculation of Jonathan as a possible candidate. In Continue Reading