On Thursday, May 18, General Aliyu Gusau (rtd) CFR will be eighty. If you call him General Aliyu Mohammed or General Aliyu Gusau, you are referring to the same man. …
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How Oil Ministry came under the Presidency by Eric Teniola
by Eric Teniolaby Eric TeniolaOf all appointments to be made by the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, none will define his presidency, more than the appointment of Minister of Petroleum. There are Ministers and …
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THE CBN GOVERNOR & HIS DECLARATION OF ALLEGIANCE BY ERIC TENIOLA
by Eric Teniolaby Eric TeniolaI attended an event recently in Lagos and Chief Joseph Oladele Sanusi (84) from Ogbagi in Akoko North West Local Government of Ondo state, entered quietly, unannounced.The Master of Ceremony …
Professor Mahmood Yakubu (60), Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has a date with history in February. He will be the only Chairman of the Electoral Commission to …
Of all the mistakes made by the military, none is greater than the 1975/1976 assault on bureaucracy in this country. It was termed THE GREAT PURGE by the media at …
The pick on Senator Kashim Shettima Mustapha (56), a Kanuri, as APC’s Presidential running mate has put the spotlight on the Kanuris again. We know the Kanuris as dogged fighters.In …
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IMPEACHMENT, PENALTY FOR FAILURE AND INCOMPETENCE BY ERIC TENIOLA
by Eric Teniolaby Eric TeniolaSince we started operating the Presidential System of government in 1979, no Nigerian President has been impeached. But seven governors have been impeached so far.The former Kaduna state Governor, Alhaji …
The non-inclusion of State Police in the Constitution was an error. It was a grave omission. The lapse occurred in 1976, forty-six years ago. No one could have imagined forty-six …
On my way to the annual Fanti festival, held recently at Igbosere in Lagos Island during which Lafiaji boys led by my friend, Muyiwa Adejokun lost to the Campus boys, …
I guess that history will be very kind to Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan, GCFR, (May 9, 1936-11 January 2022) , why? Because his tenure was the shortest, just eighty-two …