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Justice For Onumaegbu A Call To Action In The Navy

Justice For Onumaegbu: A Call To Action In The Navy

May 27, 2024 12:23 am

The untimely demise of Mr. Iheanyi Onumaegbu, a civilian employee at the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital in Ojo, Lagos, has sharply highlighted the grave issues of oversight and accountability within Nigeria’s military establishments. Iheanyi was found lifeless in his office under mysterious circumstances, sparking not only grief but a profound outcry for justice from the community, his family, and human rights observers.

Mr. Iheanyi, aged 33, served faithfully as a civilian in a predominantly military environment, where he dedicated himself to the health and well-being of those around him. His death is not just a personal tragedy, but a significant …

Marlians And Sanwolu A Typicality Of 'Show Me Your Friends'

Marlians And Sanwolu: A Typicality Of ‘Show Me Your Friends’

September 25, 2023 2:49 am

In the bustling heart of Nigeria, where the rhythm of afrobeats collides with the formidable beats of political drums, a curious tryst has taken root. Lagos State’s Governor, Sanwo-Olu, finds himself in a swirling vortex of association with two polarising figures: Naira Marley and Sam Larry. While art, music, and politics have historically shared common ground globally, the intensity and peculiarity of this relationship have elicited a mix of surprise, intrigue, and concern. As the lens of scrutiny focuses on the corridors of power in Lagos, unraveling the fabric of these connections becomes imperative, not just for the image of …

President Tinubu And His Kakistocratic Leadership Of Nepotism

President Tinubu And His Kakistocratic Leadership Of Nepotism

June 22, 2023 3:40 am

One of the most insanely absurd consequences of having a colossal failure like Muhammadu Buhari as President is that he drops the bar so low that any Tom, Dick, and Harry that replaces him automatically becomes a genius with every move or action they undertake. This is the most typical explanation for what is going on in Nigeria at the moment following the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu. 

The bar of governance as of the expectation of Nigerians as a people, indeed, have been so abjectly lowered that they have been impelled to praise just about any mediocre act of …

Why Tinubu Must Restructure Nigeria

Why Tinubu Must Restructure Nigeria

May 29, 2023 1:28 am

It has been shocking to discover that many Nigerians were actually expecting a free and fair election from an unjust system. It is even more perplexing to notice that a vast majority of these same Nigerians are currently holding onto the belief that the results of the just concluded ‘selections’ in Nigeria will be annulled by a court in Nigeria. The truth is that recent events have shown that many Nigerians do not understand Nigeria.

For many years, we have continued to highlight the structural deficiencies of the Nigerian state and why Nigerians should jettison their hopes of fixing the …

Tinubu's Promise To Fight Corruption A Joke Taken Too Far

Tinubu’s Promise To Fight Corruption: A Joke Taken Too Far

May 11, 2023 12:05 am

Nigeria is an intriguingly bizarre place. It is a country where absurdities have obtained legitimacy and are oftentimes dismissed with flimsy excuses. It is a place where leaders detest accountability and often make blank statements that they don’t intend to remember. Little wonder why politicians in Nigeria make weird promises, before, during, and after elections that they do not even intend to remember. 

A few days ago, Nigeria’s ‘President-select’, Bola Ahmed Tinubu gave Nigerians a reason to laugh again after a long season of gloom and pain. His sense of humour was topnotch in Port Harcourt, Rivers State when he …

MC Oluomo: The Face Of Thuggery And Banditry In Lagos

MC Oluomo: The Face Of Thuggery And Banditry In Lagos

April 3, 2023 4:22 am

Nigeria is such a dysfunctional place. Brazen corruption, subterfuge, and political thuggery reach everywhere even into the remotest villages and hinterlands. Lagos State as the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria tells a story of how badly the country has normalised thuggery and how violence has been promoted to become a legitimate tool in hands of the men who administer the state.

The just-concluded Presidential and State elections in Lagos State have, once again, brought to the fore the grim reality of how Nigerian politicians have overtime played upon the tripodal factors of the illiteracy of members of the National Union …

Why Honourable Desmond Elliot Is An Apology For A Lawmaker

Why Honourable Desmond Elliot Is An Apology For A Lawmaker

March 13, 2023 5:27 am

Desmond Elliot’s foray into the Nigerian political scene cum public life has been lesson filled. It has clearly shown that age is no antidote to stupidity and that power, fame, and association all play useful roles in making a double-edged knife. Ever since the Nollywood icon delved into politics and became a Lawmaker representing the Surulere constituency at the Lagos House of Assembly, his life has witnessed nothing but its biggest swing from glory to gore and the drift doesn’t appear to be nearing a halt anytime soon. 

A few days ago, Elliot was on the screens to apologise to …

Lagos Guber And The Needless 'No-Mans Land' Debate

Lagos Guber And The Needless ‘No-Mans Land’ Debate

March 13, 2023 5:12 am

Over the last two decades, gubernatorial elections in Lagos State have offered ethnic chauvinists the opportunity to engage in ethnocentric gymnastics to score cheap political points. At every election curve, candidates of major political parties are forced to pick a side and engage in needless debates on whether Lagos is a ‘no man’s land’ or a land belonging to the Yorubas.

This needless debate, has, on the flip side, continued to offer Gubernatorial candidates an avenue to escape scrutiny concerning their manifesto and what they have to offer the state, which, in turn, exposes the state to ill-prepared leadership and …

Why Tinubu Shouldn't Be Contesting The 2023 Elections

Why Tinubu Shouldn’t Be Contesting The 2023 Elections

January 12, 2023 3:56 am

In the eyes of the international community, Nigeria has become a laughing stock amongst the comity of nations in recent times. Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has continued to put Nigeria in the spotlight for negative reasons ever since he made up his mind to insult the sensibilities of Nigerians by running for President in 2023.

No time will have been right to have a senile, corrupt, anti-democratic, and oppressive drug addict run for President in Africa’s most populous country, however, 2023 is the worst of such times if there were …

APC Campaign In Jos: Was Tinubu Under The Influence?

APC Campaign In Jos: Was Tinubu Under The Influence?

November 21, 2022 5:33 am

From praying for God’s blessings on his new political party known as ‘PD-APC’,  to facing angry youths who pelted him with stones, down to losing an important Federal House of Representative member to death shortly after the charade – it was a Tuesday to forget for the heroine-loving former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu and his supporters as he flagged off his campaign at the ancient city of Jos, Plateau State.

Tinubu had settled for Jos as the venue for the flag-off of his Presidential campaign ostensibly to pass a message. Going by his calculations, his kinsmen, Chief MKO …

Lagos Wike’s Endorsement Of Sanwo-Olu Unsurprising – Jandor

Lagos: Wike’s Endorsement Of Sanwo-Olu Unsurprising – Jandor

October 20, 2022 6:03 am

Mr. Jide Adeniran, who is the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State,  has asserted that no one should express shock over the recent endorsement of Babajide Sanwo-Olu by Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, pointing out that there was never a time he had never supported his governorship ambition.

The PDP governorship candidate popularly who is popularly referred to as Jandor made this known on Wednesday when he appeared on Channels Television Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

He said, ‘As a matter of fact, what happened (referring to
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2023 How I Turned Lagos From Jungle To Megacity – Tinubu

2023: How I Turned Lagos From Jungle To Megacity – Tinubu

October 15, 2022 4:49 am

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has declared that he turned Lagos from a jungle to a megacity during his tenure as the governor of the state from 1999 to 2007.

In a programme that aired on Channels TV last night which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, Tinubu asserted he laid the foundation that all other Lagos State governors after him built upon and are still building on to make the state what it is today.

Tinubu went on to declare that it was under his leadership as Lagos Governor that …

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