Olusegun Adeniyi: Buhari and the troubled economy

It was a business lunch by a group of investors who had eagerly been waiting for information about the business climate in Nigeria. But their guest, top official of a multinational banking and financial services company, who had spent a week in Lagos and Abuja before returning to the United Kingdom, was evidently in no... Read More

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July 23, 2015

Olusegun Adeniyi: Dear Buhari, it is time for fuel subsidy to go

by Olusegun Adeniyi While I understand why the president may want to be circumspect about a potentially tricky issue as removal of subsidy, the fact remains that it is an issue he would have to deal with, especially if he must fight corruption and reform the oil and gas sector. Apparently in a bid to... Read More

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April 23, 2015

Olusegun Adeniyi’s tribute to Sen. Uche Chukwumerije

by Olusegun Adeniyi “His life is many volumes, which can only be told with care and time, of dedication and focus, integrity and discipline, and an unbroken love for the highest ideals of our shared humanity.” In the statement announcing the death of Comrade Uche Chukwumerije last Sunday, the German-based Che said of his... Read More

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April 2, 2015

Olusegun Adeniyi: In the end, Pres. Jonathan lost power but found himself

by Olusegun Adeniyi The message from the foregoing is profound yet so simple: In losing power, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has finally found himself. It remains for me the most memorable moment in the movie. The captain was informing the ship owner (who had bought into the lie that no force on earth or in... Read More

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January 22, 2015

Opinion: Why Abia has totally fallen in love with Alex Otti

by Ifeanyi Amanze In Abia State, prospective voters are coming to terms with the fact that they’ve been handed a raw and fake deal in the past and are ready to pitch tent with a thinker “Aba ma ndi Aba (Aba knows its own people)”, the cheering crowd yelled as Alex Otti waltzed through Ariaria... Read More

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January 15, 2015

Olusegun Adeniyi: 2015 elections – A time to choose… (Part 2)

by Olusegun Adeniyi To be certain, the violence that followed the 2011 presidential election, the absence of a viable political structure by Buhari’s CPC and several other local factors might have been responsible for the results in some states but it is difficult to ignore the fickle-mindedness of the average Nigerian voter. Read Part 1 HERE. In... Read More

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January 15, 2015

Olusegun Adeniyi: 2015 elections – A time to choose… (Part 1)

by Olusegun Adeniyi It is therefore understandable, given the season that we are in, that opponents of the president would be celebrating Father Mbaka for what is no more than his political position woven in the cloak of prophesy. We have come to the season when Nigerian politicians and their spouses seek spiritual validation from... Read More

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December 11, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Obasanjo’s missiles are unguided, and won’t hit target

by Olusegun Adeniyi “…Segun Adeniyi, who is a poor apologist for Yar’Adua, made almost every case of reversal worse in his book. Not only is Adeniyi a poor apologist, but he also did not do a good job of denigrating Obasanjo. Rather, he showed his principal as an ingrate; mean, petty, vindictive, unfocused and rudderless;... Read More

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November 20, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: This is Emir Sanusi’s strategy to defeating #BokoHaram

by Olusegun Adeniyi While he was delighted to see me, the first time we would be meeting since he ascended the throne of his forefathers in June this year, it was also evident that he looked somehow troubled and I did not have to wait for long to know what the problem was. With the... Read More

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November 6, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: So, there was no ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram?

by Olusegun Adeniyi A genius in his craft, Alhaji Kareem Adepoju aka Baba Wande remains my favourite Nigerian actor. And it all started from the time of the Oyin Adejobi Theatre Group when he was the star attraction in epics such as “Ekuro Oloja”, “Kuye,” etc., before he now came with his own blockbuster: “Ti... Read More

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October 30, 2014

Segun Adeniyi: Why Tambuwal should be @APCNigeria’s presidential candidate

by Segun Adeniyi On Tuesday, virtually all major newspapers reported rather lavishly that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, would be crossing over from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). Ordinarily, such decision should not have generated the attention it did but for... Read More

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October 23, 2014

Segun Adeniyi: Is the Senate the new retirement home for Governors?

by Segun Adeniyi At the last count, no fewer than 13 governors whose second term in office expires next year are believed to be eyeing the Senate. For some of these governors, it is not that they are interested in making laws for the good governance of the country, it is just that they must... Read More

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October 16, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi : A word of advice to @GovAyoFayose

by Olusegun Adeniyi Like Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu, Nigeria’s most CONTROVERSIAL police officer (deliberate emphasis as I await my arrest!), Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose is one man who should constantly ask himself the Mario Balotelli question: Why only me? For those who are not football followers and may not be conversant with that phrase or... Read More

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October 9, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi writes | It’s possible Shekau is still alive

by Olusegun Adeniyi When the military authorities announced recently that they had killed the top Boko Haram commander who usually poses in its propaganda videos as Abubakar Shekau, (the sect’s leader that had been reportedly killed last year), not a few Nigerians were sceptical. That is essentially because the same military authorities had several times... Read More

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September 25, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Justice for sale in Nigeria

by Olusegun Adeniyi On June 14, 1993, two days after that memorable presidential election between the late Bashorun M.K.O Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Alhaji Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention (NRC), I was (among several other reporters) at the headquarters of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), as it was then... Read More

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September 11, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: With #BringBackGoodluck2015, Jonathan has scored an own goal

by Olusegun Adeniyi It has not come to that or perhaps it has; at least in the family of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN). But before I get ahead of myself, let me explain. It was early in 1994 during the regime of the late General Sani Abacha. A ghastly accident had just occurred... Read More

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August 21, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Why Stella Adedavoh should be buried like a hero

by Olusegun Adeniyi However, the challenge of the moment is to remove the stigma element from those who are unfortunate to have caught the bug. And I see no better way of doing that than by celebrating the lives of our health professionals who have died as a result of their contacts with Sawyer with... Read More

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August 14, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: What Osun Polls further reveal

by Olusegun Adeniyi Therefore, whenever massive turn-out was recorded everywhere in such a state like Ekiti or Osun, we can easily extrapolate that majority of those who were eligible to vote and were duly registered came out to cast their ballots. Yet at the end of the two elections, the percentage of the actual voters... Read More

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July 31, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi writes | What Death said to Ebola about Nigeria

by Olusegun Adeniyi There was roaring laughter in the Kingdom of Death. He continued: “Ebola here walks in a stealth manner. An odd kiss, a harmless handshake, an innocuous peck and before they know it, his victims have me to contend with. Heralded in by drummers, it was clear to all those who were already... Read More

July 24, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi writes | Let’s talk about that N4trillion pension pot of gold

by Olusegun Adeniyi By increasing contribution from employers and employees, it also means that there would be more money to the funds to the advantage of the workers in future. It was one of those brilliant memos in 2001 from then Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, to which President... Read More

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July 17, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Lessons from Murtala Nyako’s fall

by Olusegun Adeniyi It is indeed noteworthy that Nyako, with all his military experience, was fighting on many fronts at the same time. For some inexplicable reasons, he took on President Jonathan by playing the politics of expediency over Boko Haram, saying things he ought to know he could regret The brief meeting between father... Read More

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July 10, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: A song for the APC – ‘Igo mewa lori tabili…’ (Ten bottles on the table)

by Olusegun Adeniyi If you put ten bottles on a table and one falls down unexpectedly, you are left with only nine bottles. And if one of the nine falls down, how many remains? It is eight. On and on the song goes until all the imaginary bottles are off the table and you are... Read More

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July 3, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Abacha’s loot & Mohammed’s deal

by Olusegun Adeniyi I have met Mohammed Abacha on a number of occasions and I consider him a likeable person. I also believe that whatever might have been his father’s transgressions as a leader, Mohammed should be judged on his own merit. Apparently taken aback by what it considered a crooked deal by the Federal... Read More

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June 26, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: #EkitiDecided – And the winner is… Fayemi

by Olusegun Adeniyi Yet, the only way our democracy can grow is if people begin to understand that for every electoral contest, there must be a winner as well as a loser. Although I have told the story before, I do not think of anything better which speaks to a time like this. In March... Read More

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June 19, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Turai Yar’Adua and the cancer billions

by Olusegun Adeniyi With cancer ravaging our country in recent times, I have had to dig to find out what happened to the initiative. Of course, I have read unfounded reports about the former First Lady going away with the money realized at the launching. In what turned out to be perhaps his last public... Read More

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June 12, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: A message for the Emir of Kano

by Olusegun Adeniyi Second, he has to rise above the immediate constrictions of a purely theocratic conception of his new office. An open reconciliation to the secular essence of the Nigerian federation is perhaps the most important prerequisite for peace and harmony. It was not, and definitely could not have been the intention. But... Read More

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June 5, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Clark, Adoke and Presidential powers

by Olusegun Adeniyi So for Clark and fellow travellers to suggest that President Jonathan can suspend three governors from office in one fell swoop is not only to carry mischief too far, it is also a misreading of the political barometre of the nation today and the dangers inherent in the course of action they... Read More

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May 30, 2014

Why government matters: Olusegun Adeniyi reviews Chude Jideonwo’s ‘Are We The Turning Point Generation?’

by Olusegun Adeniyi And the Lord spoke to Noah and said: “I will give you six months to build me an Ark at the end of which I will send rain to cover the entire landscape called Nigeria. I will destroy all the bad people within but I want to save a few good people.... Read More

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May 29, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Peter Obi on Democracy Day

by Olusegun Adeniyi However, as I said earlier, Peter Obi is different. He remains probably the most modest person to have been governor under the current dispensation while his lifestyle must have saved Anambra State billions of Naira, especially when compared with the cost of maintaining his colleagues. When I encountered the immediate past Governor... Read More

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May 22, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: From Garamba to Sambisa forests

by Olusegun Adeniyi Given the foregoing, I cannot see the possibility of British or American Special Forces personnel offering to die in the Sambisa forest or on the streets of Maiduguri. Located in the Democratic Republic of Congo and established in 1938, the Garamba National Park was in 1980 designated by UNESCO as a World... Read More

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