There had been no little or no petrol in the country’s petrol stations for five months. The president was missing – and had been for months. The country was drifting aimlessly, on the brink. The […]
As part of his whistle stop campaign visits to Yoruba monarchs to drum up support for his second (third?) term ambition, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been to many palaces across Yoruba land than ordinarily […]
A group, the Buhari Volunteer Network, yesterday denied insinuation by the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) that the All Progressive Party presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, will collaborating with western nations to support […]
FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion, Mohammed Ali, had once remarked that a challenger needs to “whop the champion” if he wants to win the championship belt. He had made this remark following one of his […]
A commentator, Ahmed Salami, points out the danger of sacking the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, before the polls. The most frightening and disturbing controversy since the build-up to […]
Frontline political activist, Yinka Odumakin in this no-holds-barred interview with SENIOR CORRESPONDENT,DAILY INDEPENDENT, TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, speaks on his encounter with Afenifere, formation of Afenifere Renewal Group and how a former Secretary- General of Afenifere almost landed […]
It is quite unfortunate that despite the overwhelming public outrage over his alleged key role in the Ekiti election rigging scandal, the Nigerian Senate has gone ahead to approve the appointment of Musiliu Obanikoro for […]
The Nigerian Civil War ended on January 15, 1970. Naturally, Nigerian soldiers occupied every part of Igbo land and used school premises as their make-shift barracks. Less malnourished young men were suspected to be defunct […]
“You can’t prove deeds with words”. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Although the dictionary included dishonesty among the definitions of corruption, President Jonathan had insisted that it is only stealing. I fully accept his definition of what happens […]
Without doubt, I have a dog in this fight. As the spokesperson for DStv, there should be no garlands for guessing the dog I am backing. Like everybody else, I have followed the public response […]
Jonathan’s re-election will strengthen Nigeria’s unity’ Mr. Peter Obi, the Deputy Director of the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation (South) is a former governor of Anambra State. He was in Lagos on Friday and fielded questions from […]
News reports have it that the mock election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 12 states last Saturday, using Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and Card Reader Machines (CRMs), was ‘substantially’ […]
Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Chukwuemeka Uche, is known for his outspokenness. In this interview with Senior Correspondent, ARAMIDE OIKELOME, he airs his views on the postponement of the general elections, the clamour for […]
The past few weeks have seen Nigeria seething with rumours and plots of interim government, many of them quite fanciful and far-fetched, and a few somewhat plausible. The plots proceeded from the palpable fear that […]
This is why I am appealing to the APC to instruct all its agents to ascertain that only INDELIBLE, as opposed to VANISHING INK, is supplied for use In the case of Afenifere that has […]
The string of successes recorded by the Nigerian military forces in clearing Boko Haram insurgents from towns they occupy in some states of the North East region of the country is heart-warming. Last Friday, the […]
…Nobody can sack me –Fasehun Members of the Dr Fredrick Fasehun faction of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) have appointed Comrades Dare Adesope and Odunayo Ogunmoye as President and Vice President of the association […]
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, increasingly sounds like a man who has started something and is clueless how to finish it. He has blundered badly but is too ashamed to admit it. There’s no dignified […]
Oba Adetona has done what is expected of a traditional ruler of repute Oba Sikiru Adetona, The Awujale of Ijebuland, deserves commendation for the candid remark he made during President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to his […]
Nigerians must remain indebted to Chadian and Nigerien troops for liberating us from the scourge of Boko Haram. The two neighbouring countries have been showing extraordinary bravery in Nigeria’s liberation struggle from the sect, and, […]
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