Security Operatives in Kaduna State have killed a notorious bandit who has been terrorising residents of Chikun Local Government Area during a gun duel. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in the state, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. Aruwan said the security forces intercepted some bandits and gunrunners at…
The governorship election that was held in Osun State on Saturday, July 16, 2022 has produced some very disturbing results that have several lessons for Nigeria. The election was not won on the basis of programmes, policies or ideologies. The two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party both imported…
Osun has decided to give the baton of governance to Sen. Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, who was declared winner of the just concluded Osun2022 gubernatorial election after leading the incumbent governor, Adegboyega Oyetola with over 28,000 votes to carry-on from (him) his predecessor. The governor-elect who alleged the people’s mandate was stolen in the last…
The impeached Deputy Governor alleged that the investigation panel was paid to ensure his removal. The impeached Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Rauf Olaniyan, has accused the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Munta Abimbola, and the investigation panel that probed the allegations raised against him (Olaniyan) of bribery. Olaniyan, who had earlier faulted the…
The impeached Deputy Governor alleged that the investigation panel was paid to ensure his removal. The impeached Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Rauf Olaniyan, has accused the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Munta Abimbola, and the investigation panel that probed the allegations raised against him (Olaniyan) of bribery. Olaniyan, who had earlier faulted the…
By the middle of the 1990s, the era of the missianic and puritanical military coupists came to an end largely in many Third World countries, and Africa in particular. This was not unconnected with the collapse of the former USSR and the iron curtain in Eastern Europe. As of today, most of the countries of…
In October 1980, I was admitted to read political science in the University of Lagos. In these past forty two years, the mainstream literature in the Social Sciences, political science in particular, has continued to draw attention to the evils of the Western Capitalist imperialism in the Africa’s development process. As an undergraduate political science…
Buhari said more time should be given to the coaching of the future leaders, with basic knowledge of moral values, as the fast-changing world, driven by new technology, would be more competitive and demanding. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday charged the youth to seek education and arm themselves with skills and the ability to fight…
National Association of Osun State students, NAOSS National headquarters, Osogbo released a memo stating that they had no hand in the endorsement of Governor Oyetola. This is coming few days before the Osun State Gubernatorial election which is to take place on July 16. As claimed, there have been an earlier report where it is…
Nana Hadiza, aged 41, is Buhari’s third daughter with his first wife, Safinatu. Hadiza was married to Abdulrahman Mamman Kurfi with whom she had six children before their divorce. With this marriage, Hadiza becomes the third wife of the minister — after Aisha and Fatima. Meanwhile, Umar Gwandu, Malami’s spokesperson, did not respond to an…