Dr Agbu Kefas’ position, not an enviable one
By Williams Ayooso
History has again spread the wings of its fortunes. This time, it is smiling benignly to the face of Dr Agbu Kefas. He was sworn in a week ago as the executive Governor of Taraba State. When history reviews itself,...
TALE OF TARABA’S TWO GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATES
By Williams Ayooso
Except for the dynamism that weaves around the spirit of politics, vicissitudes of political circumstances and its unpredictable template, the Taraba State Governorship race is supposedly a straight fight between PDP's Lt. Col. Agbu Kefas and Distinguished Senator Emmanuel Bwacha of the...
IN THE NORTH, SCANDALS SELL MORE THAN INSURGENCY
BY CHRISTIANA BABAYO
That news resonated round the globe and there were millions of tweets all talking about the scandal, now whether that was true or not, no one cares but one would wonder why it is such a big deal when this...
Massive Extortion on Nigerian Highways
By Tordue Simon Targema
Although extortion by security agents mounting roadblocks on Nigerian highways is not a new phenomenon, the trend has assumed an alarmingly worrisome dimension recently. A foreigner plying Nigerian roads in a commercial vehicle would think Nigerian security agents are double-tasked to be...
Coping with a friend in power
In our last editorial board meeting of Worlldview Magazine in Abuja, one of the senior reporters of the media outfit gave an emotional account on a heartbreaking disappointment he got from one of his friends, a local government chairman in one of the Middle...
OPINION: AT 64, IS THERE ANYTHING TO JUSTIFY THE HOPES OF INDEPENDENCE?
By Daniel Mtindiga
Every October 1st calls for celebration because it commemorates the day which Nigeria got independence and the struggles of our forebears but this particular one is a call for sober reflection and serious prayers. How can...
PROF. ALBASU, TOO COOL TO GOVERN
By Williams Ayooso
Even at the time that Professor Albasu Kunini Alkinjo picked his PDP nomination form for governorship race; conjectures were rife that it was at the instance of Architect Darius Dickson Ishaku, the Executive Governor of Taraba State.
Governor Ishaku is exhausting four...
GOV KEFAS, IN THE PLAIN VIEW
OF MEDIA ENVIRONMENT
By Williams Ayooso
During a press briefing in commemoration of one year in office of His Excellency Dr Agbu Kefas, Governor of Taraba State, in the Exco Chamber of the State Government House, Alhaji Sadiq Adamu of the News Agency of Nigeria spoke...
OPINION:
Taraba State of General Danjuma’s Dream
Williams Ayooso
By this time, next year, Damian Dodo would be warming up for his swearing in as the Executive Governor of Taraba State.
That is, if the dream of our General TY Danjuma cruises into the form of reality. He would take over from Senator...
A REJOINDER TO HON. PIUS SABO’S PRESS BRIEFING
BY CHIEF EMMANUEL ORTSWEN
Hon. Sabo, nobody wins this kind of war
If not for the fact that Hon. Pius Sabo is an elected political leader, who supposedly, represents the interest of the community that I also belong in the Taraba State House...
