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A standing ovation for Yeye Oodua, Erelu Dr. Abiola Dosunmu
Many years ago, juju maestro, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, popularly known as King Sunny Ade thrilled Nigerians with a particular track that is more relevant today than it was when aired – Bibiire Kose…
Why is Nigeria poor and backward if prayers work?
The other day, my friend and I were having a conversation in my living room. This friend is a spirit-filled Christian, as charismatic as they come. He was a bit frustrated as his church…
For a time like this, Tinubu is critical to our survival
I wish to begin this piece by saying I am not oblivious to the disappointment felt by many supporters and members of the All Progressives Congress based on the performance of the last couple of…
Dogara’s stinking hypocrisy
It is now crystal clear that Yakubu Dogara, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, now sees himself as a national political figure, who deserves to become the next Vice President of…
Why does anybody want to be the next president?
Receiving some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the recent Eid-al-Adha festival, President Muhammadu Buhari made a statement that sent out curious signals: “I wish the person…
The BBC in Nigeria: Between reporting and propagating terror
It has simply gotten out of hand. Journalists and now a global media organisation of repute, the BBC, which should know better, are becoming a tool for terrorists, even if unwittingly, by amplifying…
Asiwaju: Best man for 2023
Many often assume that the aspiration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to become the president of Nigeria is new. He has nursed this hope to serve our fatherland for a while if one cares to…
What’s The Worth Of Obasanjo’s Endorsement?
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo used to be a chimera. His influence was mythical, yet sweeping. In the past, Nigeria was too small to contain his stature — as he dominated the horizons across…
Warnings from Sri Lanka crisis
THE main issue of the Sri Lanka economic crisis is not just that the people chased away their President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, from power. It is also that the economic future of the country is uncertain. The…
The challenge confronting OBIdients
THIS is not the first time that a party or conglomerate of political parties will be making an attempt to remove a conservative party-led government at the centre. In the past, we have had Obafemi Awolowo’s…
Lagos and the relaunch of ‘Jigi Bola’
Recently, the Sanwo-Olu’s administration re-launched the blindness prevention program, codenamed Jigi Bola, which was initiated in 2001 by the then Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed…
Deconstructing the Atiku Arise TV interview
It is no longer news that I am an ardent supporter of the former vice president of Nigeria and presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ─Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in his yet…
2023: The catastrophic error of Muslim- Muslim ticket
It is with great pains that I air my opinion on this issue of Muslim-Muslim ticket in Nigeria. Away from party and political interests, let us take a retrospective look at the idea. What the proponents of…
Tinubu’s Muslim-Muslim ticket: The calculation and the war
The 2023 election year is here! The political awareness is unprecedented. The anger against the system is deep-rooted. Whatever is left of our fulsome value system is facing grievous depredation…
Uzodimma: Much ado about a wristwatch
THERE has been much ado recently about a costly wristwatch worn by Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State while on an official visit to Daura, Katsina State. Typically, the issues being raised about the…
Religion, the Nigerian Demon
Physically remote but fully involved in the processes leading up to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory at the APC primaries and also in the power play that led to the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima…
Aregbe’s political apostasy and the lessons of defeat
The Osun State governorship election has come and gone. One of the dramatis personae in the political drama of the state and former governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola deliberately played…
The full implications and ramifications of the Osun Gubernatorial Elections just won by the PDP
Arise TV interview moderated by Ayorinde and his two female colleagues with Adamu Abdullahi arguably the most powerful man in Nigeria today next to President Buhari has spoken volumes about the precarious…
Davido/Portable: The limits of influencer marketing
The appearance of Habeeb Okikiola, otherwise known as Portable, at a campaign rally as guests of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Davido for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osogbo, Osun State, has…
The curious case of northern Christians
The rumpus over the Muslim-Muslim presidential pairing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was, I have to say, inevitable. I would be lying to say I was surprised. Since Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
Why Peter Obi may become president in 2023 by default
Facts I have uncovered from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) show that Labour Party’s Peter Obi may become Nigeria’s president next year by default because Bola Tinubu and Atiku…
Kashim Shettima: A Masterstroke that gets PDP worried
“This is what you call team selection and everybody will choose depending on what they think will give them a fair chance. So people will take responsibility for the choices they have made. For…