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  • Has Our Democracy Come of Age? The Lagos State Example

    Last Saturday’s Presidential and Legislative elections has come and gone and will go down in our history as one of the most unprecedented in terms of its peaceful outcome. It has been categorised as the most free and fair election since the turn of democracy in 1999. Without mincing words, the election have not only […]
  • Kaduna on my Mind

    Dear friends at home and abroad, today my short notes are dedicated to the state of Kaduna. As you know my country Nigeria is going through a very exciting period at the moment. It is a period in which a lot people are having a lot of hopes and many especially the young people in […]
  • Editorial: Lessons from the trouncing of GEJ

    Although a shocking event to elitist bookmakers, the defeat of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan by Gen Muhammadu Buhari; the first ousting of a ruling party in a national election in Nigeria’s history, is a strong message about the need for a perceptive harmonization of the triad of governance, people and democracy. Besides the collateral damage […]
  • PDP Expels Jigawa Deputy Governor

    The Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Ahmad Mahmud, was on Monday expelled by his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for alleged anti-party activities. Mahmud, who is believed to have concluded plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), was expelled by the Galagamma ward located in the Gumel area of the State […]
  • Nigerians Repudiates Oba Akiolu for Threatening Igbo People in Lagos

    Individuals and groups both within and outside Nigeria spent a major part of Monday condemning the chairman of the Lagos State Traditional Council and Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, for saying “any Igbo person in Lagos who refuses to vote for his own endorsed candidate would die withing seven days.”  The Oba, who received some […]
  • Ekiti Lawmakers Toying With God – Fayose

    Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has dismissed the purported impeachment notice posted online by the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the State House of Assembly, saying he was yet to be served any impeachment notice. Fayose also said the lawmakers were playing with the wrath of God by threatening him with Impeachment. Meanwhile, […]
  • (AUDIO) Ambode:Oba of Lagos Threat to Ndigbo

    http://www.www.aso.rocks search engine/ambodemp.mp3   Rilwan Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos on Sunday said,Igbos would  perish in the gutter within seven days if they do not cast their vote for Akinwunmi Ambode, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Saturday’s governorship election. The Oba made the statement at a parley with Igbo leaders. However, on […]Read More
  • Sports View On Political Change: What Must Be Said

    A cat’s sense of intelligence cannot be compared with that a dog (trained or untrained) but once a soldier always a soldier. It will take a high sense of intellect to connect the dots on the above sentence, but it is not insulting, but a statement of fact as this writer sees it. This writing […]
  • We Will Use Card Readers for Governorship Election

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that as was done during the presidential election, Card Readers machines will also be used for the 11th April 2015 Elections. The announcement was made by INEC’s Secretary, Mrs. Augusta C. Ogakwu. Ogakwu said the provision of the Guidelines for the conduct of the 2015 General Elections which […]
  • Jonathan’s Campaign Coordinator, Airhiavbere, Dumps PDP for APC

    The Campaign Coordinator of the President Goodluck Jonathan in Edo State and former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Maj. Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (retired), on Sunday dumped the party and moved over to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Airhivbere contested the governorship election with incumbent Governor Adams Oshiomhole in November […]
  • Jimi Agbaje Takes on Ambode

    You’ve probably heard the new rhetoric that the APCs spin-masters have been spewing out in the last couple of days stating that if Lagos is in the opposition, the Federal Government will deny Lagos a lot of benefits. Just yesterday, a few well meaning Lagosians had sent us Facebook and SMS messages asking for my […]
  • Why Ekiti Lawmakers Want to Impeach Fayose

    The coming days would witness a tensed political environment in Ekiti State as the 19 members of the State House of Assembly, who are also members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have vowed to ensure that the State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose is effectively impeached in a case that looks like a pay-back for […]