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By JULIUS OGUNRO Nigeria is an ideological free zone. Our political parties are bereft of political philosophy or overriding ideology providing a framework for governance and operating the national economy. Governments are therefore formed without proper political and economic orientations. The consequence is a rudderless administration lacking direction and failing to draw from the experience and time-tested principles of past governments with similar leanings. But that is not to say our politicians don’t throw political labels around. They do, often. And one of the most abused terms is ‘progressive.’ The term in a political context should connote left-leaning ideas that…

Osita Okechukwu Replaced At VON President Bola Tinubu has appointed new heads for parastatals in the Federal Government's Information and National Orientation Sector. In all, eight new helmsmen were announced in the changes that were announced on Thursday. Among the new appointees is Alhaji Ali M. Ali who is the new Managing Director for the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. A former Deputy President of the Nigerian Guild of Ali was a member of Media Team in the campaign organization of the President. Also, a former Media Adviser to the Niger State Governor, Mr. Jibrin Baba Ndace was appointed to…

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed worry over the prevailing lawlessness and general state of insecurity in the country, especially in the South –East, and commended governors of the South-East geopolitical zone for the ongoing initiatives to collectively address the challenges. Similarly, the Guild also applauded the efforts of the Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, for his infrastructure development and for improving security in the state. In a statement after its Standing Committee meeting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, and signed by the NGE President, Eze Anaba and the General Secretary, Dr Iyobosa Uwugiaren, the professional body…

By TUNDE OLUSUNLE I was opportuned to serve in the Olusegun Obasanjo/Atiku Abubakar administration at the beginning of our Fourth Republic. Obasanjo was a rather controversial personality. The media had stereotyped him as unfriendly and adversarial over time. The very fact that he opted for a medical doctor in Doyin Okupe as his very first spokesperson, broadened the hiatus between Obasanjo and the press. Okupe cut his dentition as public communicator, when he was the National Publicity Secretary of the defunct National Republican Convention, (NRC), one of the two political parties established by the regime of former military President, Ibrahim…

By SHEDDY OZOENE Simon Bako Lalong and Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha are two dogged fighters. Over time, both of them have earned their ranks in the rough terrain of Nigerian politics, fighting and winning notable battles along the way. Today the two who are still settling down in office as President Bola Tinubu's ministers are in the centre of an intriguing story. Two different genders from two different political backgrounds with a similar fairy tale of a story weaved by several twists of fate. Lalong served two terms as Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly between 1999 and 2007…

By TUNDE OLUSUNLE Let me begin by making a distinction here. Nigeria's military acknowledges two Obasanjos in its records. One has been retired for nearly 45 years now, while the other was at best a toddler when the older disengaged from military service. Both of them made it to the uppermost crust of the military, the former rising to the exclusive club of "four star" Generals," while the latter is a "one star" General. He will be decorated Major General, a "two star" General on his next elevation. One is the father, Olusegun Obasanjo, the first Nigerian to serve both…