Opinion

There is probably no other politician in Nigeria today who recognizes the imperative of choosing a Muslim from the north of Nigeria as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election as Asiwaju Bola…

Mobile telephony was nonexistent at the time. Onyema Ugochukwu, my boss and senior colleague at the erstwhile Daily Times of Nigeria Plc, however, sent word to me to see him at his Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja,…

It’s a few days after the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential convention, and I would like to commend Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for conducting a decent and effective presidential run that has…

Following my last intervention in March, on the ASUU strike, which surprisingly has continued unabated, I made a personal decision to focus attention on the activities of political parties and the process…

Sunday the 5th of June 2022 started like any other Sunday in the year. It was a day set apart for God-worship universally. And for the…

Dr Doyin Okupe, former media presidential assistant, a physician and politician, made a far-reaching statement last Saturday on Labour Party’s Peter Obi’s soaring and intimidating political profile, leading to the…

After my last Facebook post analyzing the chances of Peter Obi’s Labour Party winning the next presidential election, I received much flak from friends and followers for concluding that his chances were…

Ordinarily, the issue of a Muslim-Muslim ticket or a Christian-Christian ticket or an Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba president succeeding another Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba president wouldn’t have been an issue in a…

My dear country men and women, thanks for the deluge of messages and phone calls last week after reading my open letter to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates. We all know the outcome of the elections held at the Velodrome of the…

Disappointment was powdered on the faces of many of the young people around me when Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo did not win the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). To them, Osinbajo was…

If you are of my generation, and you have some literary inclination, you would have read the novel by James Hadley Chase, with the above title. Knock, Knock! Who’s There? It was the dream of Johnny Bianda…

Nigeria has become a coun­try where each week throws up an oddity. Simply put, we have become a country of one week one trouble, apologies to Anezi Okoro who wrote the 1972 novel One Week One Trouble. Nigeria is…

AFTER much intrigues and dithering, the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday, finally held its special convention where the presidential candidate in the 2023 elections emerged. Against all odds,…

AS I write, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos State governor, has just emerged as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in next year’s general election.Those who thought…

FORMER Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, won a well-deserved victory at the Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP, presidential primary of May 28, 2022. With this victory, he would be reprising his…

The war of the First Republic had reached a feverish height. Those it consumed were wheeled to the sepulchre by the day. Blood of political party faithful painted the sky crimson. According to Femi Kehinde, a…

This advice may be unsolicited, but it will help the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in the South West to avoid the pitfall of the past. Although our leaders claim they have learnt from their past…

If power does not go to the south in 2023, the pivotal role of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will have to be scrutinised. His life ambition is to be president of Nigeria and his influence on the leadership of the…

A couple of weeks ago, on April 29th to be precise, I sent a message to my friend of over two decades, Richard Akinnola, complaining about a news report credited to the Vice- President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to…

I’m sure you know the song by Kizz Daniel and Tekno, which is now a rave of the moment:Let me see you dey buga o (go low-low-low)Let me see you (go low-low-low) buga won. And you see people huffing and puffing…

Immigration passport appointment date is fraud and waste of Nigeria peoples time. This is due…

His smiles are infectious. He appears as a man who cannot hurt a fly. He is a likeable personality. Charismatic, witty, discerning, …

Foxy old Buhari. Artful. Deliberate. Unassuming but redoubtable. Principled but unaffected. He guards his mystery. He hardly betrays emotion. He keeps his real intentions secreted in layers and layers of very few…

There is no question that Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the main character in the movie of APC’s 2023 presidential politics. Others are mere pawns or supporting casts. The postponement of the party’s primaries, the crowding of the presidential…