What tendency will prevail in Yoruba politics in the aftermath of the death early this morning of elder statesman, Ayo Fasanmi? This angle to the death recommends itself given how age and de... Read more
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) is going down memory lane on the occasion of this year’s May Day, recalling how its two governments of Kaduna and Kano states broke the ice “and set into m... Read more
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the radical Second Republic governor of Nigeria’s Northeast Borno State is scheduled to be buried tomorrow, April 30th, 2020. He died between 8.30 – 9 pm on... Read more
All eyes are on the Northern elite again but in what sense of the word? There was a time when this would have been an aimless question. That was when what Prof John Paden called the c... Read more
All eyes are on the Northern elite again. Provoked this time by the generalized insecurity that has seized the country, the representational turbulence has seen pundits, critics and sundry a... Read more
By Benson Upah I doff my hat for the writer of the tribute “End of an Era as Chief Obande Obeya Travels Out of Idomaland”. It is the best tribute that will ever be written on Chief Obande Ob... Read more
Other than the minority status of the Idoma nationality in a nation of mega nationalities, he occupied the same status as the Adedibus, the Shehu Musa Yar’Aduas and the late Sola Saraki. The... Read more
The People’s Redemption Party, (PRP) is cautioning against what it sees as worrisome and disturbing news coming out of Kaduna State. The party’s National Chairman and a traditional title hol... Read more
By Alkasum Abba, History Department, ABU, Zaria Introduction When the former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan published a personal account of his stewardship, covering the... Read more
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Benue State in central Nigeria appears set to remove ethnicity from the exercise of power in the state. It is not clear if that objective is what Benu... Read more
