Kwara State is unarguably one of the hitherto civil service driven states in Nigeria. A state created in 1967 via military promulgation, among five others, by the then Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon. Today, with about three million people, the resources and infrastructure in place continue to challenge...
You have possibly watched the 1998 action-thriller film with the above title, starring Will Smith. It was the box office hit story about a group of people plotting to kill an American Congressman, and the tape of the plot was discovered.
Well, an Enemy of the State struck in Nigeria...
Who are the ‘we?’ Speak for yourself only, some cynics would say on merely seeing the headline of this piece.
They would add: “You can talk because you are in government, earning ‘fat’ salary and enjoying other perks of office, so why won’t you be glad?”
Okay. So that there’ll be...
This piece is about character, trust and loyalty. It is about how these linked qualities define the character and style of Abdulfatah Ahmed, ex-banker and immediate past governor of Kwara State.
For starters, leadership is about showing direction, leading the way and doing good for others.
In that context, competence, credentials...
Dire warnings of the end of the world are as old as civilization itself. But each year as the countdown to United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) begins, they grow in volume and intensity. Recently, senior United Nations officials raised the alarm of "world conflict and chaos" and mass...
Ordinarily, the average Nigerian is quite aware of the deep seated friendship that has over the years, existed between Nigeria's two top politicians, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Jagaban of Borgu and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Turaki of Adamawa.
According to a popular society magazine in Lagos, Atiku and Tinubu...
It is indeed sad to read the many lies this administration is putting out there as truth without thinking of the larger consequences of such public lies and the collateral damages of such to the institution in question, in particular, and the state, in general.
When the news broke out...
