WOBIS PODIUM

AS the first anniversary of June 12 as the proclaimed Democracy Day in Nigeria, the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election has become an albatross for the country. Kunle Oderemi X-rays the inherent issues in the June 12 symbolism. AT Independence in 1960, Nigeria held a lot of promi…

Opeyemi Bamidele, senator representing Ekiti central, says he is not convinced that President Muhammadu Buhari is aware of the security challenges facing the country. Bamidele, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said this on Tuesday on the floor of the senate while contribut…

IYABO OJO BLASTS HER COLLEAGUES IN THE MOVIES INDUSTRY DEFENDING BABA IJESHA WHO ALLEGEDLY DEFILED A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has lashed out at her colleagues in the movie industry who have been defending actor 'Baba Ijesha' after news of him allegedly defiling…

Today, there is an unfortunate fashion in public discourse that makes leaders in politics, religion, and civil society liable in the present for every statement they have ever made in the past – no matter how long ago, and even after they have later rejected them. This insidious phenomeno…

Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), says the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, is unfit to oversee critical digital and telecommunications agencies of government because “his antecedents are quite worrisome”. Ozekhome, in a statement on Thursday titled, ‘I…

I don’t know who is behind Pantami’s current travails (which would most likely amount to nothing under a Buhari government), and I wonder why they waited this long. The man was appointed into office as DG, NITDA and his profile was seriously hyped back then in 2016, as one of the smartest…

Reno Omokri,    a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan,   has reacted to the renouncement of terrorists' statement made by Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,  Isa Pantami. It would be recalled that the minister better known as Sheikh Pantami in the North has be…

“Adedeji just came back to Nigeria from Los Angeles where he had lived and worked for 20years as a cleaner and menial labourer. His friends Tayo and Jelili were so happy to receive their childhood friend who at 45 is yet to be married and have kids. His last twenty years has been full of …