TRYING to fit him into a mold can be sometimes problematic. I have always thought of him as a teacher…
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THE 2023 presidential election has come and gone. It is now time to do a postscript and examine issues that…
THE last presidential and National Assembly election was as crucial to our democracy as it was controversial. A lot was riding on…
MAI Mala Buni, the governor of Yobe State, is one of the most promising visionary nationalists, bridge-builders and democrats we…
By Martins Oloja I WOULD like to share another ‘Message of Hope’. I wrote on this when the youth who…
AS imperfect as any human endeavour is, as disappointing as the election turned out to be, compared with the pre-election…
THE last thing he wants to hear is that he desires anything other than what is good for Nigeria. Hero…
LAST Saturday’s presidential election marks a new beginning for Nigeria, if not literally, then clearly symbolically. Nigerian voters, defied hunger…
AS you read this, the nation is awaiting the results of the presidential election held two days ago – some…
IT is now a cliché that this election is a make-or-mar election for Nigeria. It is our way of saying…
The death of a thousand good men is not as tragic as having an unfit man in a position of…
By Martins Oloja THE expression, ‘the North is organising while the South is agonising’ is quite common on this page…
IT’S hard to imagine that it’s nearly eight years since. This time in 2015, I was over the moon with…
By Martins Oloja AT this time when even the First Bank cannot truly be the first to make new Naira…
HOW does one measure success in life, career, business, or politics? There are different yardsticks for different folks. Some measure…
THERE is something about Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Jagaba of Borgu and the presidential candidate of the All Peoples Congress…
NIGERIANS are facing the reality of scarcity of cash literarily. Banks are overwhelmed by angry customers demanding money, the ATMs…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s followers, therefore, created in him an image of an ascetic, beyond reproach, and so canonised him as…
AT first, he appeared to be the most unlikely candidate for the task. After his fifth attempt at running for…
By Suleiman Hassan Gimba Esq TO the average Yobean, Buhari’s visit to Yobe State, where he commissioned excellent projects by…