Up-close, the quiet vibration of energy he emits is somewhat reminiscent of that from an active volcano. In a sense, he is one. But this dimension could only fairly be applied to his intensity of […]
The war of statistics between non-Nigeria-born UN and ECOWAS/AU research statisticians and Nigeria-born UN figure brandishers over the actual number of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALWs) in circulation in Africa, ECOWAS and Nigeria […]
Amid approbation and disapprobation of his gung-ho and assertive (read combative) leadership style, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, recently received what I consider as a significant endorsement of his […]
It’s not yet clear what finally did it or who. But it was clear, almost from the start, that the country could not bluff its way through this flight. Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi […]
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) Once upon an administration in the State of Osun, a people groaned in the rough of aches and moaned in the tumble of pains. Then, hunger begat hunger, poverty took the place of affluence and it was […]
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) These are indeed trying times. The floods are here again, and as usual, thousands are affected. Homes have been destroyed, farms have been washed away, and the list goes on. While it […]
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) It is a matter of days before the electorate in Osun goes to the polls to elect a successor toRauf Aregbesola, the outgoing state governor. Nature, they say, abhors vacuum. As Aregbesola’s administration is gradually but furiously winding down, it is […]
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, there have been alignments and realignment of forces. A gale of defection has enveloped almost all the parties as politicians keep jumping from one party to the other; and […]
Today, among other gratitudes, I thank God for adding a year to the age of a friend, brother, leader and a distinguished Nigerian patriot, Frank Nweke II, hitherto Frank Nweke Jr (FNJ, as some of […]
On August 26 I met the Executive Committee of my State Chapter of our party, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Owerri. I addressed the State EXCO members and formally told them about my […]
…now that Mrs. Adeosun has resigned, the nation must take the lessons and use the opportunity to drive the requisite legal and institutional reforms that are needed to position the country as a haven for […]
…it’s all about building a culture of consequence in our dear nation. Nigeria is in this mess because we’ve over the years wilfully enthroned a culture of “nothing will happen.” What matters isn’t if you’re […]
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 […]
It is understandable that the Nigerian political terrain has become this charged as it is only about six months to the general elections. While all the elections are important, the most significant remains the Presidential […]
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 […]
At first, it could be mistaken for a pornographic studio. The walls are sculpted with assorted portraits of nudity, sensuous imageries, certain to trigger the testosterone, if not stoke the loins. With illumination made dim […]
Fielding Barr (Mrs.) Bianca Olivia Odinaka-Onoh Odumegwu-Ojukwu as the Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Anambra South Senatorial District and her possible popular emergence as Senator-Elect for the District in the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had, as far back as when Professor Attahiru Jega was in the saddle as national chairman, formulated a body of rules or regulations that would guide and ensure the […]
Poetry is the language of the soul and the vocal expression of the inner spirit. It is pure. It is clean. It is energising. It is invigorating. Like caviar, it is an acquired taste that […]
In Central Africa and predominately Cameroon, there is a specie of frog called: Hairy frog. Like every other frog, it is amphibian in nature and carnivorous in diet; it feeds on slugs, spiders, beetles and […]
Since the advent of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, a lot of scholars have posited various factors responsible for the rebellion. Some say it is as a result of injustice and uneven distribution of […]
The Nigerian military is in a bind. It makes progress in its war on Boko Haram insurgents in the country’s northeast only to see the progress relatively rolled back by forces that appear to have […]
Just recently, one of the biggest players in the manufacturing sector, Procter & Gamble Nigeria closed its $300m plant at Agbara in Ogun State just a year after it was opened amid fanfare by Vice […]
By Nantim M Joseph The story of Nigeria’s agriculture blends stagnation amid massive potential. However, the sector has been witnessing good progress in the last three years of the Buhari administration. Statistics show a significant […]
At the level of small talk and humour, you could hardly get the better of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo State, currently, national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. But for […]
Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in – Hillary Clinton Nigeria played host to two of the world’s most powerful women, last week. Theresa May – the British Prime […]
It was on the 3rd September, news that the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is in China was all over my timeline, my flight out of Saudi Arabia had been postponed yet again so I had […]
By Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri and Samuel Diminas On August 29, 2018, Nigeria’s Presidency withheld assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), 2018, citing a number of constitutional and legal reasons, which includes the shrinking ministerial […]
A scrum of police officers invades the residence of a respected Ijaw leader – Edwin Clark. The invaders claim they are acting on the order of Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of police (IGP). These invidious executers […]
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. […]
As the countdown to the 2019 presidential election begins, we are witnessing a barrage of declarations for the coveted office of the president of Nigeria. Now the question is: what are the aspirants bringing to […]
Many wished they were allowed to capture the moment with the camera, but the literary amazon from Borno beheld a different picture in the officially restricted space. She saw politics in the classification of the Jeita […]
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 […]
NEW YORK, USA — Next week, China will host leaders from across Africa for a summit in Beijing. The last summit was held in December 2015 in Johannesburg, South Africa, where Chinese President Xi Jinping […]
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 […]
In a recent interaction in the United States, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo asserted that the “problem with our country is not a matter of restructuring…and we must not allow ourselves to be drawn into the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari chose the most auspicious place to officially declare his disdain for the rule of law and his avowed preference for the rule of man, his own rule, in the Nigerian nation-state, where […]
Prince Kasim Afegbu`s intervention on this page last week threw up some interesting aspects of the unfolding drama around the 2019 presidency, especially as it concerns the Governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri […]
Hundreds, if not thousands, of lawyers who converged on Abuja on Sunday for this year’s Bar conference may find themselves discussing something other than transition, transformation and sustainable institutions, which the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) […]
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