The fall of Magu is betrayal of Buhari
BY KEN UGBECHIE Ibrahim Magu, a police officer, has fallen. And great’s his fall. He was the former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was…
I stand with Festus Keyamo
KEN UGBECHIE ..gongbeat column It’s democracy in action once again last Tuesday at the National Assembly. Mr. Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment was before a…
THE DAY AREGBESOLA CAME TO JUDGMENT – FEMI ADESINA
Wednesday June 10, 2020, was ‘judgment day’ for Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola. Incidentally, the day had broken with stories of denials of rift between him and his…
International Cancer Survivors Day 2020: Covid-19 as a Wake-Up Call
“Goodness is the only investment that never fails. Those who bring sunshine cannot keep it from themselves.” – Thor The first Sunday in June every year (Sunday, June 7 in…
Senator Nwaoboshi’s Unlimited Lies Against Akpabio as acts of desperation
By Francis Udoka Ndimkoha It was Mark Twain that was quoted to have said that “A lie can travel around the world and back again, while the truth is lacing…
How Not to Police a Pandemic
By Victor Ikem As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic was announced and its widespread implications made public, everyone including governments around the world went into a panic mode. Fear! The…
Wike and the whelps of Eleme
KEN UGBECHIE ..Gongbeat column It’s been all too horrid. Sticky. The matter of Governor Nyesom Wike ordering and supervising the demolition of two hotels in his Rivers State. Acting on…
Bill Gates: A useful demon
KEN UGBECHIE ….gongbeat column Aside the over 257,000 people that have died of the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide, one major victim of the contagion is Bill Gates. Billionaire Gates has been…
NDDC Forensic Audit: Why Akpabio is the right man
By Douglas Dodiyi-Manuel Following the series of agitations that gradually assumed a militarized dimension, the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration thought it imperative to transmutate what was then known as Oil…
Dave Nebuchadnezzar Umahi
KEN UGBECHIE And it came to pass that on the 22nd day of the fourth month in the year 2020 in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic, Governor Dave Umahi of…