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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has alleged that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Kwara State government embolden political thugs to live criminal life. This position was made by the PDP Chairman in Kwara State, Chief Iyiola Akogun Oyedepo while responding to question during interview with Punch. Asked if President Muhammadu Buhari was victimizing Saraki and Governor Ahmed through the police by linking them to the Offa robbery, Chief Oyedepo stated that, the police did not induce the Offa armed robbery suspects to make confessions against Dr. Bukola Saraki. We must be objective in all our analysis or presentation on this matter “We should not tell lies against anybody . The grievances of the nPDP are not the same thing with the criminal allegations levelled against the Senate President and the governor. “If they are pursuing their demands within their party without any link tocrime, nobody will accuse them of committing any crime. Their nPDP activ

An American author named Shawn James wrote a controversial essay titled ‘Why Real Men Avoid Single Mothers’ – detailing 15 reasons why men should not date single mothers. It’s got people talking. Though I personally do not and will never support any write-up with broad generalization, I think Shawn had some valid reasons in the article but its would be plain dumb to generalize this on all single mothers, read and share your own comments below: 1. Never Available A single Mother’s schedule is never open. Single mothers are the kind of women to always cancel dates at the last minute. Something always gets in the way of a man spending time with her. It’s hard to have a relationship with her because she’s never there. 2. YOU are NOT a priority Usually in a relationship the man winds up DEAD LAST. Behind, her kids, her job, the car, the kitchen sink, the stopped up toilet. Even the dog gets more attention and affection than a man involved with a single mother. Any man who gets inv

It’s very difficult to speak to a lot of people without offending someone. People walk around with their feelings on their shoulders waiting for you to say something. Opinion police are out there all the time. We have actually reached the point where people are afraid to actually talk about what they want to say because somebody might be offended. I am reminded of a very successful business man who loves to buy his mother these exotic gifts for mother’s day. One year, he ran out of ideas on what to buy and then, he ran across these birds. These birds were cool, you know? They cost $5000 apiece. They could dance, they could sing, they could talk! He was so excited, he bought two of them. Sent them to his mother and couldn’t wait to call her up on mothers day, ‘’mother, mother, what’d you think of those birds?’’ And she said, ‘’they was good.’. He said, No, no, no, mother, you didn’t eat those birds? Those birds cost $5000 apiece. They could dance, they could sing, they could talk!

Our ruling class maybe failing and may have failed to provide leadership to us as a people, for our country, and for our continent; The quality of leadership provided by this ruling class may have been declining precipitously since independence, it is true; And as a consequence of this failure of leadership, we may have continued to be plagued by a perennial crisis of the failure and even near collapse of governance; as well as a being confronted with the phenomenon of State Failure. Nevertheless, our crisis is also infinitely compounded by our own lack of confidence in ourselves, by our own lack of trust in our capacity and ability, not only to throw off the yoke of this failed class, but to also provide the sorely needed alternative – ourselves! Added to this is our impatience to deal with knowledge, to interrogate and stay with an issue to its logical conclusion; our short attention span. We want answers, but we are not willing and able to undertake the rigour that comes with so

The Col. Abubakar Umar story(Final part) "This was how it happened" Two days after my meeting with IBB, I got a call from Col. Yakubu Muazu who asked me to meet Gen. Abacha at his residence in Kano the next day. I met Abacha around 9pm on a Saturday. The General went direct to business. He told me of the efforts of his group to stop the annulment of the election but they failed. But that could not be allowed to stand in view of its far reaching ramifications to the unity and stability of the country. He also told me of some security reports which revealed a plan by some Yoruba organizations which were plotting to declare an Oduduwa Republic. These groups, he said, enjoyed the support of some officers of southern extraction. He mentioned some names, which included some so‑called IBB boys. The General waxed nationalistic but I was not deceived. I had since begun to suspect Gen. Abacha's sincerity and motives and I was not certain that he indeed believed he could come

The Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar story (part two) "My relationship with General Babangida" “I had on several occasions in the past explained why I enjoy a very close relationship with IBB. IBB was my instructor at the Nigerian Defence Academy. Since then, I found him to be a very brilliant and inspiring officer. In fact, he had great influence on my career choice of the armoured corps, being an amour officer himself. Of course, we had disagreements, some of them quite straining, but they have not succeeded m changing my perception of him. This is true with most officers who worked closely with the man. With all this, I had never allowed such a close personal relationship to becloud my vision and judgment of his performance as a superior officer, particularly during his eight‑year rule as President and C‑in‑C. Mr. Edwin Madunagu, a man I have high regards for as an accomplished intellectual and a socially concerned person, confirmed what I have always suspected that most ou

The Col. Abubakar Umar story(part 1) If you are are a lazy person who doesn't want to improve on his/her knowledge, this series may be too long for you read. But you need this perspective from one of the heroes of June 12, Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, a June 12 fundamentalist and an IBB acolyte who resigned his commission in the army because he disagreed with his boss over the annulment of the election. Enjoy it. THE DESCENT INTO THE ABYSS For the records, my pro‑democracy activism started well before the June 12 crisis. When towards the end of 1992, I came to the painful realization that Gen. Babangida was being ill‑advised to once again postpone the transition to civil rule, I decided, in consultation with some of my colleagues, to advise him to save Nigeria from an unnecessary political crisis. The letter part- reproduced below was part of the efforts at getting him to fulfill his promise of handing other power to an elected government. In that letter which was written Oct