BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | BY UGOCHUKWU EJINKEONYE – It is more than one week now since Premium Times carried a very shocking story in which the Katsina State Governor and one of the leading lights of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Aminu Bello Masari, was accused of brazenly deploying a false claim […]
By Daniel Iworiso-Markson – After months of consultation and seeking the face of God, the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, last Tuesday finally declared his intention to run for a second term in office. And he did so in a fashion which sent out a loud message particularly to the opposition party, the All Progressives […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria – Recently the Igbo ethnic group, also mostly located in the South East geopolitical zone in Nigeria is in the news media complaining that the new Nigeria administration under President Buhari has marginalised the zone. It is necessary to understand the Igbo people, their socioeconomic, political, […]
By Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria (African Examiner) – By September 6, 2015 General Muhammad Buhari’s who got into office as President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29 May 2015 will have been in office for 100 days. Our concerns here are not the length of time, […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – Over the years, flood disaster had continued to wreck serious havoc on some parts of South Eastern Nigeria, as well as remained one of the factors militating against development of states within the geo-political zone. There is no gainsaying in the fact that the frequency of the menace, in some […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – The campaign against corruption and move to deal with the alleged former corrupt public officials by the present administration is provoking so many intrigues and prompting many involuntary actions and corresponding reactions, especially from those whose hands have been found with ‘blood stain’ or their proxies. […]
By Prof. R.A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin Nigeria – In a country beset by series of political and ethno-religious problems like we are currently witnessing in Nigeria it is often recommended to run a full scale National Reconciliation Process to ensure and achieve a “National Unity”. The President Buhari’s administration is currently seemingly concerned with fighting […]
*How Far “The Pathfinder” Can Drive? By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – I am one of those who suspected “political power play” and subsequently anticipated more shockers, when “Mr. Consolidator”, the incumbent Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, in less than a month he was sworn-in into the office, relieved a total of 82 former State’s […]
Akintokunbo A Adejumo – To be your own worst enemy: to cause most of your problems or most of the bad things that happen to you yourself, because of your character. A few years ago, I wrote an article entitled “A People Beyond Redemption”. Four years later, the psyche of my people remains the same, and […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – Every sector and profession has its core and related aspects. Basically, the related segments are always obvious and unarguably considered to have links with their ‘principals’. Still, the human potential, his capacities as well as exploits have broken the ‘long surviving’ jinx, as certain fields which […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – If it is the utmost desire of the opposition PDP members and their supporters to endlessly and ruthlessly politicize, as well as trivialize every issue relating to the present administration, they are very much at liberty, with respect to their choice. Also, if it is their wish, […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin Nigeria – Since President Buhari of Nigeria came on board on May 29, 2015 we have seen his effort and energy that are almost entire directed at ending the insurgents and their empires in and around Nigeria. He had been to Niger, World Economic group called the G7, […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – Life is dynamic and full of many intrigues. Human being involves in most activities of the life as well as determines their outcome. Still, there is ironical dimension to strength and limitation of man. For instance, man is deceived; thinks his scope of knowledge is broad, […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Disaster, be it man made, or natural, had remained a serious cog in the wheel of progress of nations of the globe, including Nigeria. It has over the years, wreaked havoc in parts of Nigeria, including rendering people homeless, especially in the rural Communities. For instance, affected victims and communities […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – Historically, Nigerians are not strange to the new President traveling abroad (either on invitation or request) for smooth bilateral socio-economic and political relationship or to seek for Direct Foreign Investment (DFI). On record, the former President Olusegun Obasanjo first four years in office (1999-2003) unarguably has […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – Expectedly, the appointment of the new Service Chiefs has evoked mixed reactions from Nigerians. But notably among the trailing comments was the appreciation by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose to President Muhammadu Buhari on the appointment of his kinsman, Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin as the […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin Nigeria – The news of President Buhari going to visit President Obama of the United States of America come Monday July 21, 2015 has grown wild and wide in the news media and many government circles2015 here in Nigeria. But what are the objectives of the visit […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria – In order to get a project done within some time, cost or space constraints, we must finish it within the expected set resources. Nigerians have been thus living in euphoria after the emergence of Buhari and Osibanjo in the presidency, and believing that the job can […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – The world keeps moving. Days and times are counting. Nothing virtually in life is static. Painfully, the Nigerian ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts are somewhat over distracted, such that, the above reality is gradually being lost on them. Their recent conducts give impression that […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The Presidency has fired back at the opposition PDP and its agents over attempt to create unnecessary controversy over the effort by President Muhammadu Buhari to give some relief to state governments and long-suffering public sector workers via bailout. Special Assistant to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adeshina in […]
