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Three days to handover to his proxy governor-elect, Sheriff now rebranded and styled Francis, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa had appointed his yesmen into a new Board for DESOPADEC. The desperation to control DESOPADEC at all cost has…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE On July 29, 1966, Adekunle Fajuyi, a Lieutenant Colonel, and Military Governor of Western Nigeria, staked his life, when some revenge-seeking counter-coupists came for the head of Major General Johnson…

I read the extreme cunning in the open letter to the President a conceited Festus Keyamo disguised as his valedictory speech at the Council Chambers in the Presidential Villa May 24, 2023, titled A HEART FULL OF UNQUANTIFIABLE GRATITUDE TO…

Are Permanent Secretaries not civil servants? Is it not foolery to appoint Permanent Secretaries and engage them in swearing-in dramas as if they are political appointees? In the time past permanent secretaries were the most…

By Festus Adedayo April 28 was a particularly bad day for the Adesida royal dynasty of Akure. That day, their son, Anthony Adesoji Adesida, a.k.a. Stag, was killed during a brawl in the state capital. A prince and pastor, he…

By Festus Adedayo Turbulent anger of Obidients landed on Lamidi Apapa last week. By the time their anger petered out, Apapa had lost his cap to a God-knows-who. Esu Elegbara, the trickster deity of the Yoruba people, it will…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE There is an unraveling mystery about the Nigerian press. The custodian of this value is clearly misunderstood and misused in opportunities. But it is for the present crop of journalists to reinvent…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Flowery words are oftentimes appropriate but then, they are generally not the fulcrum main messages. Whichever way, the message must not be lost on the altar of flowery languages. Without mincing words,…

I know many of us do not know this man, Sean Stephenson, and many may have not even heard about him. But he represented a beacon of hope and inspiration to all of us, and reminded us that, no matter the situation of your life struggles and…

By Festus Adedayo In Port-Harcourt, Rivers State last week as guest of Governor Nyesom Wike, President-elect, Bola Tinubu, promised to fight corruption. To delink judicial officers’ minds from corruption, Tinubu’s blueprint of…