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Agekameh’s last article: ‘DIG Lakanu: Farewell to a supercop’
By Dele Agekameh Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. They do not think too much of themselves, so does Federick Taiwo Lakanu, Deputy Inspector […]
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The farce of a presidential tribunal, By Dele Agekameh
#TrackNigeria: Last Wednesday, the result of the February 23 Presidential election was upheld by the Presidential Elections Tribunal. The tribunal had been sitting on a […]
Musical Chairs at NDDC, By Dele Agekameh
Early last week, news of the reconstitution of the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was afloat in the news media. The […]
Sowore: Dousing the tension, By Dele Agekameh
#TrackNigeria –It is no longer news that Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, at the 2019 elections, has been ‘taken’ […]
Transition as looting window, By Dele Agekameh
#TrackNigeria Again, it is that time when stories of mind-boggling looting spree dominate the air-waves. Call it the season of looting if you want, because […]
This ‘next level’, By Dele Agekameh
What next? This is a curious thought that may have popped into the mind of Nigerians after the 2019 elections and the unceremonious inauguration on […]
A message For the President, By Dele Agekameh
#TrackNigeria -Exactly one week ago, President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn into office for his second term as a democratically elected leader of Nigeria. The expected […]
Leah Sharibu’s ordeal, By Dele Agekameh
#TrackNigeria -Last Tuesday, Leah Sharibu, the only remaining captive of the 110 girls abducted in February 2018, from their school in Dapchi, Yobe state, turned […]
A season of ‘banditry’, By Dele Agekameh
For nearly a decade, the intensity of the Boko Haram insurgency has surged and waned in North-East Nigeria, between periods of keen military action and […]
Health Coverage: Lab council decries inadequate funding
By Felicia Imohimi The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) on Wednesday called for increased funding of the council to enable it to effectively […]
The shame of the Police, By Dele Agekameh
In the early morning of Wednesday, March 20, 2019, a senior officer of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, was allegedly beaten to […]
The winds of O to ge, By Dele Agekameh
The second phase of voting in the 2019 general elections has come and gone. The first phase 2 weeks ago had presidential elections and elections […]
Here we go again, By Dele Agekameh
#TrackNigeria -The postponement of the elections this past weekend was a sad confirmation of the fears of many Nigerians; that electoral activity in this country […]
Ambode’s impeachment saga, By Dele Agekameh
Lagos is a cosmopolitan state where indigenes from different parts of the country live and converge to do business. Governing such a state requires some […]
CJN: Who’s “gate”? By Dele Agekameh
The Watergate scandal of 1972 in the United States of America gave rise to the adoption of the “-gate” suffix that is now used to […]
Britain’s dirty laundry, By Dele Agekameh
‘Nigeria may have not attained the status of the British government or what is ordinarily known of the strength of its democracy, but as we […]
CJN in the dock, By Dele Agekameh
#TrackNigeria – Nigeria is a country of many possibilities. Anything can happen. Even things that were hitherto not thinkable in this planet could just occur. […]
2019 is here! By Dele Agekameh
2018 was a moderately eventful year in Nigeria. The year witnessed the good, the bad and the ugly side of life in the country at […]
Badeh: Tears for Nigeria, By Dele Agekameh
On Friday, February 13, 1976, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed was on his way to Dodan Barracks when his black Mercedes was attacked, and a hail […]
The Shiites’ conundrum, By Dele Agekameh
For a period of about five days towards the end of the month of October, Nigerian security forces were involved in clashes with members of […]
The NHIS minefield, By Dele Agekameh
The imbroglio surrounding the purported suspension of Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has generated different shades of […]
Beneath Ganduje’s Babaringa, By Dele Agekameh
A shameful video surfaced online recently, purportedly showing the governor of a key northern state engaging in a disgraceful act of corruption. The individual in […]
It’s Atiku Vs. Buhari, By Dele Agekameh
Palpable tension enveloped the nation’s political landscape over the weekend ahead of the deadline imposed for party primaries by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. […]
This Atikulated politician, By Dele Agekameh
The intrigues of politics make for good following, especially when one is an observer from afar. Just as we are now intrigued by the gaffe-prone […]
Buhari’s many ‘gates’ By Dele Agekameh
‘Mainagate’. Nigerians are confronted with yet another sorry tale of recklessness in an on-going thread of discordant exercise of official functions and administrative disarray. This […]