Opinion

No one can stop Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike from gloating over the defeat of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in the February 25 poll. The two politicians have had a…

A fair, credible election has been held and has been won. The honor of that victory and the steep…

As Nigerians prepare for the epic battle that this week’s governorship elections represent, one state that will be in the spotlight is Ogun State. Political developments in the state are highly interesting…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

“Victory is sweet” (as a classical poetic reference), is not only…

Good men, they say, hardly live for themselves. Their stories are never told with hisses in disillusionment, but rather intense interest, for the many positive morals they present to the larger society. So…

We did not need any seer to tell us that the result of the presidential election held on February 25 would be contested, however it went. Ordinarily, there is nothing wrong with this because the aggrieved…

President Muhammadu Buhari must be reminded that he risks having his entire government judged only by the resounding failure and debilitating effects of his now unconstitutional naira redesign policy,…

The emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections presents another opportunity to address the challenges of uniting the…

One of the highlights of Nigeria’s recently concluded 2023 presidential elections was the huge joke made out of the reference to staple foods like Agbado (maize), Ewa (beans) and cassava by the candidate of the All…

The Nigerian democratic system of Government runs on three (3) balancing arms of…

With five Bolt drivers cancelling on me (they are, after all, never…

“I want one Nigeria, but a Nigeria where I will be a second-class citizen is not the Nigeria I want to live. We must all be first-class citizens regardless of where we come from. This is the time to lay the…

It may just be a bubble. A phantasm. An ignis fatuus. A castle on quicksand. It may not take long before the house caves in. The Labour Party electoral rendition is a thrilling experiment of what could…

Service is a privilege. For me, the essence of politics is service. Once it is not about the good of the people, the essence is lost. Once it does not offer the…

After learning that Tinubu had been chosen to lead my beloved nation of Nigeria, this is a…

Finally, the Jagaban Borgu has achieved his life-long political ambition. He will, in a few months time, begin to preside over the affairs of Africa’s Giant, and our dear motherland. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…

I have watched with dismay, the attempt to predicate a gubernatorial campaign for Lagos State on nothing but tribalism and one is overcome by a sense of dread that in today’s age, such could be the…

“These elections have not lived up to the hopes and expectations of the Nigerian people and the process cannot be considered to have been credible.”  The above quote from Chief EU observer Max van den…

This is the story of how Olusegun Obasanjo’s support of the structure of criminality ruined Peter Obi’s changes, transformed Anambra State and produced the Peter Obi currently on the national stage. It is…

Wow! The inevitable disputes aside, what an amazing presidential election we just had! Surely one of the most extraordinary in our history. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives…

The numbers are clear. My preferred candidate Atiku Abubakar won’t be coming anymore, at least not through the polls but I do not regret resolutely supporting him. While I do not consider him a messiah, I…

When he came into office, he was tentative. Maybe even diffident. His first few months trended towards the poor end of the spectrum. Pot-holes littered the city and one of his aides announced to the…

The last thing he wants to hear is that he desires anything other than what is good for Nigeria. Hero of Nigeria’s civil war; former military president who supervised the first post-war transition…