OYO APC: Barr Akeem Agbaje Calls for Unity Ahead of 2027 Polls
…….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
Okonjo-Iweala’s mealy-mouthed Tinubu economic performance scorecard
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
Kuku’s bold strides and the road ahead
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
How we make our politics others’ business
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
2027, President Jonathan and the anecdote of the Elephant
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
BUYING CONSCIENCE — Makinde’s Media Car Splash Is a Threat to Free Press!
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
NACCIMA President Felicitates with Olubadan-Designate on Coronation
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
Babatunde Fashola’s wisdom, Nyesom Wike’s wealth
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
Jonathan, Don’t Just Run… Please Flee!
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
By-elections and the 2027 reality
The first reality that is worth celebrating is that “Global Square”, the Sunday Sun back page column, authored by Kenneth Okonkwo, is six years old this week. The first edition of this column featured on the 25th day of August, 2019. Unbelievable! Global Square has featured about 300 articles celebrated Continue Reading