Obaze hosts NYSC members deployed to community school, Ochuche – Umuodu
“Today I hosted the Eight NYSC members deployed to the community school in my hometown to lunch at my country home. The gesture was to appreciate their selfless service to my home community.” - OHO
Obaze accompanies Dr. Stephen AKPATI as he performs initiation rites
Oseloka H. Obaze, accompanying Dr. Stephen AKPATI, (Ojuka) as he performs one of the initiation rites into the Ndi Nzele in Ochuche Umuodu, by paying a visit to the Okpala (Oldest Man) of Ochuche Umuodu. These rites are preparatory to…
Atiku vs Buhari: Buba Galadima insists INEC’s announcement ‘criminal’
Buba Galadima, a spokesman for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, has insisted that the result of the presidential election which saw President Muhammadu Buhari emerge as winner, is not only false but criminal. Galadima stated this on Tuesday while speaking…
Presidential Poll: Tribunal begins hearing on Atiku’s petition against Buhari Wednesday – Vanguard News Nigeria
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, will on Wednesday, commence hearing on the petition the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the February 23…
Nigeria 2019: Have We Learnt Any Lesson?, By Reuben Abati
Will Nigeria or the government learn any lesson from what has happened so far in these elections? I don’t think so. Have we learnt any lesson yet? No, we haven’t. I think Nigeria and its people will just move on.…
We do not expect perfection from INEC – Obaze
We do not expect perfection from INEC; what we ask for is efficiency, accountability, transparency, credibility and neutrality - these are achievable goals in any well planned and executed election. ~ OHO
Judicial rulings on Osun and Zamfara represent positive redemptive values – Obaze
In the fullness of time, one redeeming value of the fractious 2019 elections, is that it would have offered the Nigerian judiciary a fortuitous window of opportunity to redeem itself and affirm the doctrine of separation of powers in our…
Ode to Gabriel Imomotimi Okara (1921 -2019)
An eminent Nigerian poet, who with his peers, sold mystic and enchanting African verses to impressionable young African minds, yours truly included. From him and others, “I discovered that exotic, inspiring poetry was not the exclusive preserve of the Byrons,…