Opinion

The seemingly ingrained tendency for human beings to so easily forget their antecedents, repay evil for good and seek to destroy those God chose to use as their benefactors never ceases to…

Before the 1999 presidential primaries, crisis engulfed the All Peoples Party (now part of the All Progressives Congress, APC) over the ambition of the late Dr Olusola Saraki. He was…

Could Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), be that unifier a sundered Nigeria needs? What are his antecedents as regards respect for diversity and sensitivity to…

The story of the Rivers…

Twenty-four years ago today, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu would stand in Isolo, Oshodi LGA, to lead his campaign for governor. Standing before over 20,000 people at the former federal capital where he once…

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The assassination attempt on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah was another sign of how sick Nigeria has become. It also highlighted how the South-East that used to boast of not engaging in senseless killings…

Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Governor of Rivers…

Through recent decades, and particularly over the past couple of years, one has been confronted by the notion of how everything in Nigeria has descended into the realm of politics, with so many now…

It is no longer news that the world’s longest ruling monarch from the British House of Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II, died at the ripe old age of 96 a few days ago. In the wake of her demise,…

As I was saying, assuming we elect a messiah as president, could he still fail to deliver the goods? In my previous article, I argued that Nigerian presidents fail, or fail to live up to…

Institutions are not without challenging moments. At this instant of an increasing political affliction in Nigeria, the local Catholic Church is cast in a predicament of two necessities: the duty…

QUEEN Elizabeth II’s exit from the mortal plane was bound to excite extreme sentiments because she personified the good, bad and ugly of our history. She was historically and politically our…

As things stand today in the political manoeuvres among the political aspirants in our country, who of the three leading presidential candidates stands the best chance of winning next year’s…

There is something mystical about Queen Elizabeth II who passed away on Thursday, 8 September, at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. There is something magical about the queen who…

I admire and respect the energy and passion of the Obidients and as I said in an earlier write-up titled “Who Are These Obidients?”, I believe that they wish to effect a social and political…

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Prior to the unfortunate war between Russia and Ukraine, many local and global issues have hitherto remained opaque to our ordinary understanding of international relations for many years.…

The criminal activities of some Nigerians have once again put the country in the news for the wrong reasons; exposing law-abiding citizens to restrictions they do not deserve from other…

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has long unveiled his multi-sector agenda for the people of Kwara State. He speaks to this agenda every day — and will continue to do so in town hall meetings,…

Some two or so months ago, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Party came up with a clever, unexpected political move or calculation aimed at helping it win next year’s presidential election by…

It was breaking news that came like a thunderbolt. Many Nigerians least expected it at the time it happened in March. Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife have been arrested in the…

“The beauty and riddle in studying the motives of any politician is in trying to decide what is idealism and what is self-interest, and often we are left to conclude that the answer is a mixture of the…

Finally, the month is here. September is Nigeria’s presidential campaign flag-off, preparatory to the February 2023 election. For those who relish colour, panache and flurry of demagogical…