Doyin Okupe

Former presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe says the victory of Nigeria's senior basketball team, D'Tigers against their US counterparts "is one of the beauties of our diversity".Okupe, who was Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs…

A former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has advised Southerners to vote for either of the two leading political parties that presents a Southern presidential candidate in…

Former presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe has described the slowing down of farming activities due to insecurity as an existential threat to Nigerians.Okupe, who recently signified interest in vying for the presidency in 2023, stated…

Yesterday I had a rare privilege of discussing the Boko Haram issue with a retired General with vast experience and knowledge about the capabilities of the Nigerian military and who is very conversant with the terrain in the Northeast.…

Former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe says the Federal Government must convey an all-inclusive national summit on proffering sustainable solutions to insecurity.Okupe said that…

I made a statement of fact that unless a national consensus emerges, it will be impossible for a Nigerian president to emerge from the East. This is a political fact.It is not just the East but also neither the South-West, South-South…

Former presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe says he is confident that God will eventually use his son, Bolu, to change the gay community.Recall that France-based Bolu, 27, publicly came out as gay in January.“Yes, I’m Gay AF,” Bolu…

At no time in our over 60 years of existence as a nation have we been this divided neither have we experienced this level of inter-ethnic distrust if not outright HATE!The young people in the east, IPOB, are asking for the state of…

Senior Special Assistant to former President Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe says any candidate desirous of becoming president in 2023 would have to convince the people.He added that the successful candidate would have to…

Former presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe says "signs of possible dismemberment" of Nigeria are becoming hard to ignore.He stated this in a Facebook post on Sunday while reacting to Friday's stoppage of movement of food items from the…

In this piece, Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Jonathan, Dr Doyin Okupe explained that he would run for president in 2023 if banditry, kidnapping, herdsmen ravaging of the southwest and Boko Haram, all…

I have deliberately restrained myself from commenting on the issues of the criminality of the operations of some Fulani herdsmen in the South-West, Sunday Igboho,and the varied responses of Gov Makinde and Gov Akeredolu.Amazingly a…

People have very often asked this question whenever I and others who have been in government write something they consider useful or reasonable.Basically, this is because largely members of the public do not understand the intricacies…

After I left the isolation centre last year, I shared my experience and treatment with the public. This was in spite of the fact that at that time some veiled stigma was associated with being infected with COVID-19.The NCDC came out…

Suddenly, tension fills the air in the West and the nation seems to choke. There are great rumblings in the forests with smokes accompanying it in the distance. There are shouts and drum beats of war also sounding in the heartlands.From…

Bolu Okupe, the gay son of former presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe, has said he would not disrespect his father over the latter's anti-gay comments.Bolu, who lives in France, became the focus of media attention in Nigeria during the…

Former presidential spokesman, Dr. Doyin Okupe says his son, Bolu, should not be treated as a criminal for coming out as gay.He stated this in a Facebook post on Saturday, his second reaction on the matter.The Herald first reported…

A former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has reacted to his son, Bolu, coming out as gay.Bolu made the disclosure in a Thursday post on Instagram.“Yes, I’m Gay AF,” he…

Indeed, perilous times are here concerning this second wave of COVID-19 variant.It is almost a season of deaths. I have personally lost many loved ones, close friends and associates in the last two weeks. It’s unbelievable yet it’s TRUE…

It is about time we started to set goals and objectives in this country. This will serve as a benchmark upon which performance can be assessed. I believe with commitment and sincerity of purpose we can take Boko Haram and Banditry,…

Exactly two weeks ago, on 5th December, I wrote the Part 1 of this series.If indeed I were the President, I would get a small committee of five persons headed by the Chief of Staff to draw up an agenda for a 10-day Ministerial Retreat…

The Nigerian educational system has been subjected to incessant and perennial ASUU strikes for several decades. There will be no end to it. Every administration that had governed Nigeria, both military and civilian, had been confronted if…

This write-up is not about President Buhari's honouring the invitation of the House of Representatives. Rather it is a mild exposè of what happens in the Presidency.The President of Nigeria and many other Presidents in the world are…

The above subject matter and the recent protests in the country by Nigerian youths in the last few days, I am sure, are causes for major concern to Your Excellency Mr President, your government and those who wish Nigeria well.But let me…

This generation of Nigerian youths has by the Grace of God achieved what has been impossible for the last several decades. The success of the youths is perhaps the most potent testimony of the abysmal leadership failure of the political and…

For many years economists, financial advisors and public analysts have often pontificated that part of our problems in being unable to arrest the ever increasing fuel prices was our sustained failure In fixing our aging refineries.The…

Dr. Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Jonathan, says that both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may perform poorly in 2023.He predicted that though both…