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Good Governance: Hon. Bimbo Daramola and his 32 Bed Hospital By Ayodele Bayode
Dear Editor, I have some good words to say about Bimbo Daramola, the legislator representing
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Posts by : Garba Sheu
The North and its Many Spokesmen, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu Anyone who wants to understand the undertone of confusion in the Northern Nigerian political landscape needs only to pay cursory attention to the... read more
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The Opposition Sends a Message, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu A mega opposition party moved from fantasy to reality with the completion of at the weekend of congresses by three different parties to... read more
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Kingsley Kuku in Abacha’s Cocoon, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu The speech last week in Washington, D.C. delivered by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Kingsley Kuku, in which he... read more
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Boko Haram: Why Boston Isn’t Kano, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu Two movie-like incidents occurred in two cities – Kano in Northern Nigeria and Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The two incidents marked the difference between... read more
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Lai Mohammed’s Revolution, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu The “Politician of the Year” award conferred yesterday upon the robust and tireless spokesman of the opposition in Nigeria, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, by... read more
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Gov. Aper Aku’s Lesson for Gov. Kwankwaso, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu The hard-working Governor of Kano State, Engineer Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso scored high marks with the Transparency International in Nigeria, TIN, for out-performing the... read more
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Wole: The Inimitable Awolowo, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu For the two years I have written on this page from the outside, I can attest to the freedom and egalitarianism that has... read more
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A presidential adviser (Ahmed Gulak) and his dangerous polemics, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu Mr. Ahmed Gulak, the Political Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, can be a very dangerous man as is evident from some of his... read more
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Real reasons Jonathan pardoned Alams, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu President Jonathan isn’t the clueless or know-nothing politician his critics say he is when the issue is the use of power to advance... read more
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A Second Look at the National Motto, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu Nigeria is today such a terrible place, somewhat between Europe of the dark ages and the middle ages with human life becoming so... read more
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Labaran Maku, the NBC & the closure of WAZOBIA FM, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu I waited a week to see if the spirit of crusading journalism for which I knew the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku... read more
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Family kills Murtala Muhammed again, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu Wednesday February 13th was yet another “Murtala Day”, being the 37th anniversary of the gruesome killing of the foremost Nigerian leader, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed. In... read more
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Tackling the age-old question of leadership, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu In a country of hagiography, where books are written to praise successful men and women, the recent publication of “Popular Participation and Democratization... read more
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A pension thief and the injustice of a slap on the wrist, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu One lesson that must not be missed from the enormous outrage that followed the light sentence given to John Yusuf Yakubu, the pension... read more
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The attack on Emir Ado Bayero and the collapse of the last frontier, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu I am a Kano citizen. I love my locality, the city and the country. I should be forgiven my sentimental involvement in this... read more
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Abuja minister and his hatred for the masses, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu Abuja Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed’s ban of mini buses from roads in the Federal Capital Territory is absolutely disgusting as it is a... read more
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If Bamanga Tukur sinks, so will President Jonathan, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu As good politicians, PDP Governors who are toying with the idea of a bloody fight with Jonathan for the control of the party... read more
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President Jonathan, his posters and the futility of a 2015 run, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu: “Jonathan seems totally oblivious of the corruption and arrogance that is deeply rooted in the DNA of his cabinet members. Jonathan cannot alter... read more
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Governor Yero’s wrong start, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu: “Governor Yero didn’t make himself governor…. He should avoid hasty and vindictive decisions.” The crowd of grieving family members, State Executive Council Members... read more
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Sule Lamido and the thorny path to presidency, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu: “Lamido’s boy was simply stupid to think that they would ignore his infraction(s) even for the fact of the contest for power in... read more
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Our fascist National Assembly and its flawed constitution amendment, By Garba Shehu
A rear mirror view of the so-called public hearings on constitution amendment shows that nothing of a national consensus was achieved on any serious issue.... read more
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Why Arewa needs to re-think Jonathan, By Garba Shehu
The political community called Northern Nigeria starts a major conference on strategy and sustainable development tomorrow, Thursday, in Kaduna. It is an important summit that... read more
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Our corrupt governors and the need for capital punishment, By Garba Shehu
Reports of the public presentations on constitutional amendment by the National Assembly have a common thread running through all of them from Calabar to Sokoto,... read more
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President Jonathan and his delusional chest-thumping, By Garba Shehu
In his weekly televised media chat on the television network on Sunday, President Goodluck Jonathan came out forcefully to explain the efforts his administration is... read more
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Not accepting to negotiate with Boko Haram could hurt Buhari, By Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu: “Lamido’s boy was simply stupid to think that they would ignore his infraction(s) even for the fact of the contest for power in... read more
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