Okowa budget swan song and rebirth of hope
KEN UGBECHIE Presenting Delta State 2023 budget before the State Assembly, Thursday, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa caught the picture of a valedictorian. Resplendent in his well-cut suit, he showed no emotion….
WHO ENDORSED PRESIDENT BUHARI’S APER FORMS? PART 2
By Tunde Olusunle At no time in Nigeria’s socioeconomic evolution has the economy been on the free fall and downward slide, as has been witnessed under Buhari’s watch. Nigeria survived…
Census 2023: Buhari’s best legacy for national planning and development
By Ken Ugbechie President Muhammadu Buhari is about to bequeath to Nigerians one of the best legacies as the National Population Commission (NPC) has concluded plans to hold the next…
Who Endorsed President Buhari’s APER Forms? (Part 1), By Tunde Olusunle
Emotions were mixed as we hurled our bags and boxes on our shoulders, shook hands, hugged one another and headed for the various motor parks, en route our various destinations….
Insecurity: Interrogating the Okowa call for state police
By Ray Umukoro At the 2022 annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja, recently, Delta State governor and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic…
RECORD-BREAKING WIKE AND IMPERATIVE FOR MITIGATION OF BAD BELLE
By Tunde Olusunle Wednesday October 13, 2022, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, governor of the oil-and-gas-endowed Rivers State, wrote his name in the annals of Nigerian politics and governance. If indeed…
Nigeria’s 62 steps to epiphany
By KEN UGBECHIE Nigeria turned 62 yesterday as a sovereign nation. That’s a good two years above the retirement age for civil servants in the country, bar teachers (65years). At…
TRIBUTE:ABDULLAHI NYAKO (1958 TO 2022): GOOD NIGHT, “MY BROTHER BEFORE, BEFORE
By Tunde Olusunle I chatted with Abdullahi Nyako until about 9.30pm Wednesday September 21, 2022. We typically banter from time to time about politics, current affairs and similar issues. Whenever…
Umahi and the principle of Jugaad, By Ken Ugbechie
Necessity is the mother of invention. You don’t really know how strong you are or your power of absorbency until you’re pushed to the wall. Ebonyi governor, Dave Umahi, demonstrates,…
President Buhari’s Dainty Last Dance At UNGA, by Femi Adesina
“This is the last that we shall dance together,” Wole Soyinka wrote in Kongi’s Harvest. And that was what President Muhammadu Buhari did Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly…