LAGOS – Medical doctor and founder of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has died, according to a PUNCH report on Saturday morning. Fasehun, the paper said, died in the early hours […]
“When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” – Williams Shakespeare The 17th century English poet and playwright, remarkably one of the greatest wordsmiths that ever lived, must have penned the enduring lines with the likes of […]
I didn’t want to write this week. It wasn’t writer’s block or the occasional frustration from sounding like a broken record. It was not the feeling of speaking to the Nigeria wall, either. Nothing of […]
ABUJA – Boko Haram terrorists have killed 53 soldiers and farmers in three days of attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northeast region.The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a Boko Haram splinter group, killed at least […]
It matters a lot to our politicians what the foreign press or agencies say about them, especially about their electoral chances. If foreigners, particularly those in London or New York, say something nice, our politicians […]
It matters a lot to our politicians what the foreign press or agencies say about them, especially about their electoral chances. If foreigners, particularly those in London or New York, say something nice, our politicians […]
No matter how hard he tries to make it look as if it is no big deal and no matter how much he ignores it and tries to brush it under the carpet, the 5.8 […]
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA ) on Thursday rejected the report of the House of Representatives which indicted it of poor management of relief items meant for 16 states. It […]
After former Vice President Atiku Abubakar emerged as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party at the Port Harcourt convention in October, the party said it looked forward to an issues-based campaign and challenged […]
While pursuing his feudal aspiration in Imo, Rochas Okorocha would appear to be reading Igbo history book upside down. Several decades after warrant chiefs appointed by the imperialists failed in Igbo land, how pathetic that […]
(Chima Ubani Centre, Onitsha Nigeria: 6th November 2018) – The Nigerian Army is totally an aberration or meddlesome interloper in the policing and management of democratic free speeches in the present democratic dispensation in Nigeria. […]
One thing supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari can’t deny is that many of those who oppose him today, almost three and half years after he was sworn in as the fourth president of the Fourth […]
ABUJA – There is relief in the country following the suspension of the nationwide strike called by organised labour union scheduled to begin on Tuesday to demand a new national minimum wage. President of the […]
“A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping. Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted because they are no more” – Jeremiah 31: 15. O lifeless one, you have lost […]
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – Different groups from major regional blocs in the country have come together under the auspices of Joint Progressive Action Group (JPAG) to demand that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, […]
Nnamdi Kanu always strikes while the iron is hot. His reappearance after more than one year has dominated discussions online and offline, generating anxiety in some quarters and ecstasy in others. Some political candidates are […]
I must apologise to the executive and members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) for my inability to be physically here with you. When I accepted to chair this ceremony I did not […]
It is a pleasurable privilege to be able to join the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) for its second annual conference. The existence of the Guild bears testimony to the profound change that the […]
Lagos – Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, has condemned the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) for allocating 14 million votes to President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s presidential primary […]
Intifada is Arab word for uprising. It perhaps best describes the emerging battle formation in Nigeria’s expanding coliseum ahead of the 2019 polls. Indeed, today, only the utterly naive will still need an interpreter to […]
Nobody is rattled by Executive Order 6 or President Buhari’s directive that it be implemented “in full force”. The order, which bans 50 Nigerians suspected to be corrupt from travelling abroad or selling their assets […]
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – A coalition of 20 Southeast human rights groups has described as selfish and self-serving the attitude of Southeast PDP leaders who met in Enugu on Saturday to oppose the choice of […]
Ahead of Sunday governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) former Oyo state governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala has declined to participate in the process. The former governor in a statement made available to […]
The Edo State Government and the chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih on Wednesday traded words over the manner Governor Godwin Obaseki slept off during proceedings at the United Nations […]
ABUJA – The Monetary Policy Committee (MPR) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday warned that the economy may recede again into recession unless concrete steps were taken to implement the 2018 budget, […]
President Muhammad Buhari at the UN General Assembly draws attention to global issues […]
The announcement by INEC, that the Osun State election conducted on Saturday, 22nd September, 2018, was inconclusive and the fixing of 27th of September for a so-called rerun is a dangerous subversion and travesty of […]
The people of Osun State have freely given their mandate to Senator Ademola Adeleke and the Peoples Democratic Party, and I urge the Independent National Electoral Commission to resist any and every temptation to be […]
The people of Osun State have freely given their mandate to Senator Ademola Adeleke and the Peoples Democratic Party, and I urge the Independent National Electoral Commission to resist any and every temptation to be […]
ABUJA (Press Release) – It is with amusement that we read the statement by the Buhari administration condemning HSBC, the world’s largest bank, simply because HSBC gave a verdict that Buhari’s re-election would spell doom […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has promised to investigate the raid on the head office of Standard Chartered Bank in Lagos, saying the officers involved would be “subjected to internal disciplinary measures”. Wilson […]
My attention has been drawn to a statement by the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, in which he accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of budgeting ₦5 billion to rig the Edo […]
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media […]
ABUJA (Press Release) The outright disregard for the conditions precedent for a united Nigeria and an inclusive country which President Buhari has become well known for was taken to a new height this evening with […]
Let us begin by quickly recalling two bits of Nigeria’s recent history. First, at the close of 1983, a military junta overthrew and supplanted the elected civilian government of Shehu Shagari, the first and only […]
ASABA – The Delta APC factional Exco led by Prophet Jones Erue and loyal to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and Chief Great Ogboru has declared that any Direct primaries is not feasible in Delta State, stating […]
I cannot now remember exactly how I first encountered this phrase: “In defence of history”. But I think it was during my days on the Editorial Board of The Guardian newspaper, between mid-1980s and mid-1990s. […]
My attention has been drawn to a letter written to Premium Times in response to an essay on restructuring authored by me. Faced with an avalanche of public condemnation for his 360-degree turn on the […]
By Gift Okechimaghalam For the sake of time and posterity, I am held by my conscience to write this piece. May I please use this medium to render unreserved apology to Imo people for dishing […]
As a young man in the 1980s, I regarded Tai Solarin as my role model because of his unconventional approach to education, which was reflected on his school, Mayflower in Ikenne, Ogun State. When I […]
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