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Isime Esene July 24, 2016

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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Emmanuel Chidiogo 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…

Emmanuel Chidiogo 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…

Isime Esene 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…

Isime Esene 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…

Isime Esene 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

Op-Ed Editor 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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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