Fashola Vs NASS, By Dele Agekameh
A serious nation needs to prioritise it's developmental projects and commit resources to those projects rather than sinking boreholes and buying grinding The verbal war between Babatunde Fashola, the minister of Power, Works and Housing and members of the National Assembly (NASS) intensified last week when the minister took on…
Budget Blues, By Dele Agekameh
To so drastically cut down a budget that could possibly accelerate the completion of the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan the greatest disservice a group of people who call themselves lawmakers can do to their people and their fatherland. We are at it again! Since the return of democratic rule to…
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The Evans’ Story, By Dele Agekameh
Those who are pounding the social media with the #FreeEvans campaign, are nothing more than the foot soldiers who may have been recruited by his accomplices yet to be unmasked. If there is anything Nigerians earnestly ask for and wish could be granted, it is the security of life and…
Developing the Niger Delta Region, By Dele Agekameh
The federal government should urgently put in place a mechanism through which all the money accurable to the NDDC is paid promptly and as due to the coffers of the Commission to enable the agency carry out its mandate without any hindrance. Nigerians have always had cause to condemn the…
The Chibok Girls, By Dele Agekameh
- President Buhari and rescued Chibok girls The good news is that it is quite unusual for a major catastrophe in Africa to enjoy such a global limelight as the Chibok schoolgirls' affair. It is quite commendable for Oby Ezekwesili and other activists who have stood in the rain and…
Encounter With a Fellow Nigerian, By Dele Agekameh
Regrettably, what we experience on a daily basis in the country today is a call for restructuring that is taking a defaming turn all over the place. There are dissidents everywhere, with each one calling for a good bargain under the country's sovereignty. A few days back, I was engaged…
The Coup Debate, By Dele Agekameh
Already, some vocal people are saying that even if Buhari does not stand for re-election in 2019, not even Osinbajo would be eligible to contest except another Northerner is dragged into the race. This is the turn-by-turn thing that we ought to have out-grown as a nation if only we…
His Excellency, the Coordinator, By Dele Agekameh
What they probably did not take cognisance of was the fact that once they referred to the constitution, any other thing that follows is not relevant as it is automatic that the vice-president becomes acting president. Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari transmitted a letter notifying the Senate of the Federal Republic…
Drumbeats of Anarchy, By Dele Agekameh
It is astonishing that up till now, the security agent who took to the internet, with his photograph conspicuously displayed, to issue that threat of embarking on a killing spree, has not been apprehended and brought to book. Politicians have a way of heating up the polity. And with so…
Write, Jonathan, Write!, By Dele Agekameh
Jonathan comes across as someone who is very nervous, jelly and easily makes enemies or is quick to tag someone as an enemy once all the flotsam and jetsam of people around him concoct any story against anybody they perceive could easily outsmart them. He started off as a young,…
