Showing posts with label Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Show all posts

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Yahaya Bello: The Bully As A Coward

 By Ikechukwu Amaechi

It is a settled axiom: All bullies are cowards. Hurting and scaring those who are weaker is not bravery and despite their braggadocio, bullies only prey on the weak using aggression and intimidation to cover up their own feelings of inadequacy and fear. 

*Bello

Former Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has proven that axiom, once again, to be eternally true. Who would have ever thought that the self-acclaimed ‘White Lion’ will ever be afraid of anything or anybody? In the eight years that he superintended over the affairs of Kogi State, he carried on like an Emperor. 

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Lessons From Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Victory

 By Ayo Oyoze Baje

“Success is not measured by the position you reach, but by the obstacles you overcome” – John Harold Johnson( late publisher of Ebony Magazine)

*Natasha 
She is a rare breed; an iconic combination of brilliance, beauty, and boldness. But more than these, she has become a jinx-breaker of some sort, making history by becoming the first Ihima-born politician to climb up to the pedestal of senator-ship, in Nigeria’s chequered history of democracy.