Though Osun State election held on the 9th August 2014 has come and gone, one fact remains that the incumbent governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola defeated Senator Iyiola Omisore, his most closest rival and former senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who chaired the Committee on Appropriation at the upper house for eight years. [showads…
Stubbornness may be viewed in different ways depending on the situation. Some people are viewed as positively stubborn persons while some others are perceived as negatively stubborn individuals. In this context, Global News did a research on 10 Nigerian political gladiators who have achieved their goals through their styles of being hard nuts to crack….
With few months to the 2015 general elections in the country, many people are apprehensive about the outcome of the elections, if it will tilt towards the predictions of the Americans of dividing the country. One of the states many are looking at is no other than Rivers State. The state became the centre of…
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti had a larger-than-life image and meant different things to different people. He was incessantly brutalized by many governments for supposedly being a deviant. For many, however, one of Fela’s major sources of attraction was the rhythmic, melodious and danceable form of his renditions which made him a constant audience toast wherever he performed…
Prior to her removal as the minister in charge of the aviation industry in Nigeria, Ms. Stella Oduah was a very powerful woman who wielded so much influence in the Presidency. She was once alleged to be so close to a number one citizen and in fact, a strong rival of another female minister, Dieziani…
Going by ancient tradition in Nigeria and probably worldwide, it is absurd for a sitting monarch, hale and hearty, to be deposed by either a president or a state governor, if such a monarch is not involved in criminal allegations. But Nigerians would not forget in a hurry how late military dictator, General Sanni Abacha…
Many people are still wondering how on earth Ayodele Fayose emerged the governor-elect of Ekiti State at the expense of Kayode Fayemi and his more vocal APC cohorts. It could be recalled that in some states where elections were recently held, APC governors were known to always leave their own domain and campaign for one…
The governor of Edo State – Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has been described as deceptive by a cross-section of Edo pregnant women. They made this description while on a protest match in major roads of Benin City, over the non-availability of facilities in the two major hospitals owned by the state government – Stella Obasanjo Hospital…
Wonders people say, shall never cease. Recently we have heard of series of tragedies that befell the people of Soka village in Ibadan, Oyo State. There had been several other similar cases along the same Ibadan Expressway which have been reported severally. This must have prompted a tatafo in Ibadan, Oyo State to call GLOBAL…
Despite a hasty apology – and robust showing at the weekend wedding ceremony his deputy, Moses Adeleke Adeyemo staged for his son – insiders disclosed the re-election attempt and political fortunes of Governor Abiola Ajimobi has suffered a huge blow over an explosive fight he had with his number two man at his office Tuesday…
