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Fight of two elephants...
Ondo APC primary election: Tinubu asks Oyegun to resign
A titanic battle is afoot in the All Progressives Congress. Two gladiators are in the ring and, in the weeks to come, party members and spectators, media and individuals across party divides will, in this political amphitheater, howl like wolves in a park, at the spectacle. Now, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, to resign without...
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Braggadocio!
Boko Haram’s new video: Shekau declares he’s “in good health and safety”
Abubakar Shekau, the embattled leader of Boko Haram insurgent group had appeared in a new video to dispute the claims of the military that he was badly injured or probably dead from airstrikes weeks ago. The Nigerian Air Force had in a statement last month said Shekau was badly injured from strikes targeted at a gathering of the militant group in Sambisa forest, believed to be the last stronghold of the insurgent group in Borno State. But in a 40...
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Urgent Cry for Help!
Boko Haram: $143m needed to save 6m people from hunger, says INGOs
A group of 15 International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) on Saturday said that no fewer than six million people in West Africa are facing threat of severe hunger arising from insurgency. The INGOs stated that the threat was as a result of the ongoing fight against Boko Haram activities in the sub-region. The organisations responding to the humanitarian crisis in the sub-region, in a statement, appealed to donors to dig deep to stop...
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Stone builders rejected...
Awolowo’s 50-year old letter from prison: 7 reasons he wanted Ironsi to release him, his colleagues
Here is Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s letter from prison to Major General Aguiyi Ironsi, pressing for his release and that of his colleagues. Unfortunately, this did not happen. While many believed that Ironsi turned down the request, others argued otherwise. One of them is the Dr Raphael James, Director General, Center for Research, Information Management and Media Development (CRIMMD). He argued: “Gen JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi did not turn down the...
Nigeria’s first coup, Biafra: British Secret files (Part Two)
Damola Awoyokun offers the second and third part of his revealing fresh narrative on Nigeria’s first coup on 15 January 1966, using hitherto secret British diplomatic and intelligence files. This sequel tells how Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu held sway as military governor of Northern Nigeria for several days, how Yakubu Gowon in Lagos and David Ejoor in Enugu...
