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There is a growing trend of people intentionally releasing false news to the public and later withdrawing, deleting it or keeping quiet when it is proven to be false. This is rampant on social media. Those who are most guilty of this are those who work for politicians directly or indirectly and those who want […]
Continue ReadingThere are some bitter truths that those in the temporary house of power may not like to hear. One such truth is the fact that democracy is not a sure fire assurance that a country will prosper. Autocracy, its supposed opposite, is also not guaranteed to lead to misery. If democracy was an infallible system […]
Continue ReadingSupporters of the coup in Niger have attacked the headquarters of the ousted president’s party, attacking politicians and setting the headquarters on fire, stoning and burning cars outside. In shocking scenes, groups of civilians with some holding Russian flags in beating up politicians who were allies of President Mohamed Bazoum – who was taken captive […]
Continue ReadingOn the face of the recently concluded presidential election, many entertainers, especially Yoruba actors, threw caution to the wind and engaged in social media fights against one another. Chatting with Saturday Beats, Nigerian actress, Peju Johnson, stated that it was shameful for entertainers to fight over politicians. She said, “The fights are not necessary. Everyone […]
Continue ReadingSomeone once defined politics as the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. The unpredictability of politics, and the cruelty of many politicians are factors that make the terrain of the game very slippery and slimy. But I still love the art and science of politics. […]
Continue ReadingI do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it,” wrote Evelyn Beatrice Hall in her summary of Voltaire’s view on freedom of speech. This is the foundation upon which the right of the media stands. Dictators and despots hate the right to free […]
Continue ReadingHead of Department, Voter Education and Publicity of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Achumie Rex, has accused politicians of trying to hack into the commission’s server and also trying to manufacture the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine ahead of the 2023 election. Speaking on Wednesday, December 14, at a two-day workshop for civil society organisations […]
Continue ReadingOnwards to Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, accused some politicians of buying up Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and financially inducing voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers (VINs). The commission also said that two persons have been recently convicted for illegal possession of PVCs in Sokoto and Kano […]
Continue ReadingNearly 10 years ago, my childhood friends and I bought land in the village. My thinking was that I would, once in a while, spend the weekend at the countryside to experience a different ambience away from the hustle and bustle of Lagos — my home for the past 33 years. I had to abandon […]
Continue ReadingThere are signs that Nigerian politicians who stashed billions of Naira outside the banking system to prosecute the 2023 general election have moved against the planned reintroduction and redesign of Nigeria’s currency by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), according to Thisday. These politicians, it was learnt, have mobilised the National Assembly to pass a […]
Continue Reading“The incubus of demagoguery unleashed itself in a way it has never done in any other state in Nigeria. Ekiti became the laughing stock of the nation, the hellhole of country bumpkins ruled by fiat and fear, subservient like oxen who adore their yoke. Friends and compatriots from other states called me, asking, with a […]
Continue ReadingPresident of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, Wednesday, has stated that Nigerian students should not vote for politicians who have their children studying in institutions outside the country. Osodeke was speaking on a Twitter Space Webinar, organised by Premium Times and tagged, ‘ASUU strike, Revitalisation Fund and the Way Forward.’ […]
Continue ReadingGreetings from Port Harcourt Greetings from the metropolitan garden city of Port Harcourt – well at the time of writing this piece anyway. I came to attend the 4th Memorial Emmanuel Chinwenwo Aguma, SAN, KSC Lecture/Public Discussion (he is the immediate past Attorney-General of Rivers State, who joined the saints triumphant on August 10, 2018 […]
Continue ReadingIba Gani Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, has threatened to place a curse on politicians infiltrating and frustrating the struggle for Yoruba nation. Adams said some prominent politicians in the Southwest have infiltrated the struggle for the actualisation of the Yoruba nation. The Aare Onakakanfo was quoted as saying this at the weekly O’odua […]
Continue ReadingSinger ReekadoBanks is of the opinion that Nigeria is on the brink of a civil war. In a tweet posted on his handle, ReekadoBanks alleged that politicians are doing everything to enable a civil war because ”their schemes thrive in havoc and when there’s a divide”. His tweet reads: “Nigeria is on the brink of […]
Continue ReadingBetween economists and their enabling politicians, the fate of nations often hangs precariously on a balance. On their own, economists can be a miserable enough bunch in ordinary circumstances. Their professional relevance hangs on the precarious uncertainty that all things may never become equal in real life. Like Delphic oracles, economists keep their relevance and […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is tracking financing of campaign by political parties, as part of new measures to tackle vote-buying. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwajuren, said this in a statement on Friday that the anti-graft agency is out to prosecute anyone involved in the practice of vote-buying. He said those offering […]
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