On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, Kenya held its general election during which the President, governors, senators and members of the National Assembly were elected. The results of the elections were …
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Politics
Best way to defend the Presidency by ERIC TENIOLA
by Eric Teniolaby Eric Teniola 20 minutes read“It is totally false to suggest, as we are apt to do, that Nigerians are fundamentally different from any other people in the world. Nigerians are corrupt because the system …
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OpinionSecurity
Pushed to the wall over state police by Eric Teniola
by Eric Teniolaby Eric Teniola 20 minutes readThe proposal to create state police and if possible local government police is consistent with the principle of true federalism and decentralization of powers. The arrangement would enable the states …
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Opinion
Who else but Prof Benjamin Nwabueze (1931-2023) by Eric Teniola
by Eric Teniolaby Eric Teniola 18 minutes readIn 1975 Brigadier General Murtala Mohammed GCFR (8 November 1938 – 13 February 1976), who was at that time a brigadier, approached Chief Frederick Rotimi Alade Williams SAN (16 December …
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Opinion
Single party structure won’t work by ERIC TENIOLA
by Eric Teniolaby Eric Teniola 22 minutes readI don’t think the founding fathers of this country wanted a single-party structure. Not at all. They were aware of our adversity as a people. I don’t think a single …
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Opinion
The Villa makes it easy to get lost by ERIC TENIOLA
by Eric Teniolaby Eric Teniola 17 minutes readWhen General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida GCFR (82) moved the seat of the central government from Lagos to Abuja on December 12, 1991, he did so to hide himself. You can’t …
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Opinion
Reconnecting to the Global Radar by Eric Teniola
by Eric Teniolaby Eric Teniola 26 minutes readFor a nation to achieve concrete foreign policy objectives, two key actors are required, an active President and an active foreign Minister. Of course a buoyant economy will also be …
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OpinionPolitics
WE have a choice on liberal democracy by ERIC TENIOLA
by Eric Teniolaby Eric Teniola 18 minutes readThe ex Governor of Ekiti state, Dr. John Oluwakayode Fayemi (58), CON, from Isan Ekiti has admitted what we knew all along, that liberal democracy is not working in this …
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OpinionPolitics
Why new states and lgs, can’t be created by Eric Teniola
by Eric Teniolaby Eric Teniola 27 minutes readExpectedly, the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu (52), are to be appointed Chairmen of Committees for …
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OpinionPolitics
The gradual death of the local government system by Eric Teniola
by Eric Teniolaby Eric Teniola 14 minutes readOn May 4 this year, the Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu (54) lambasted the 18 Local Government Chairmen in the state over their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). At a meeting …

