Opinion

The leader of Kwara’s crumbling dynasty has reportedly conceded defeat even as he urged his party to fight to the finish, apparently hoping for a political miracle in the gubernatorial and state assembly elections this…

Death is stupid. Mammoth, menacing and mean, death is an unintelligent, inartificial robot unmoved by goodness, reason, pleading and praise. Death is a blind idiot, a reckless solitary reaper. But it is not half as stupid and…

The struggle for the number one seat of Nigeria has now climaxed with the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari—The Indomitable Lion of Daura (TILD)– as re-elected for another four years. In an undoubtedly tension-soaked…

The conduct of the 2019 general election has, expectedly, become the subject of heated discussions and debates everywhere — offices, schools, homes, newspaper vendor stands and social media. Predictably, supporters…

The outcome of the February 23, 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections in Lagos has led some people to making various conjectures, building numerous scenarios suggesting the possibility of APC losing the…

By Tayo Ogunbiyi Letter writing has a history that goes back thousands of years. For instance, a few surviving letters suggest it was common practice to write letters to the dead in ancient Egypt. Some of these…

With the presentation of certificates of return to President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, one can safely assume that the presidential election is over. We may, however, not be able to do a…

As the final results of last week’s presidential poll were released, three broad groups emerged: Those genuinely surprised that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, lost; those in pretentious denial of…

By Louis Odion Several hours before the winner of the 2019 presidential polls would officially become known, Fela Durotoye was already being treated to a feast of hi-fives and fist-bumps. Prior to the sermon Sunday morning,…

Dynasties rise and fall. It is a natural order.  But there are factors which precipitate the declension of dynasties. For example, the rise and fall of Chinese dynasties was influenced by changes in weather conditions such as…

In this piece, Prince Alfred Adeyanju highlights the challenges confronting the country, which President Muhammadu Buhari will tackle, if re-elected. MUhammadu Buhari (PMB) was the federal commissioner for petroleum Resources on…

Waheed Alabede Judging by the news making the rounds, one might begin to suspect that some forces are hard at work to derail the 2019 elections. It seems they are bent on taking advantage of President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

In a presidential contest, every candidate has to fight for every vote in every state. But a party that doesn’t recognise that some states are more important than others cannot be a serious contender for the presidency. Just as…

When your wife is pregnant and gives birth at the end of nine months, you cannot claim you were caught unawares and so you couldn’t buy items for baby delivery ahead of time. Since 2015, we had known that we were going to hold…

In local or foreign politics, it is rare for rival parties to acknowledge achievements of each other. The situation is not helped when one party faces the task of dislodging a ruling party. to some Nigerians. Even in an advanced…

The stage is set for tomorrow’s presidential election in Nigeria. Candidates are inspiring their supporters in last ditch efforts, leaving no stone unturned.  Seventy three candidates are on the ballot but sitting President…

The presence of international election observers has become a regular feature of life in this country as elsewhere in Africa, for the best part of 25 years, if not more. It is a phenomenon that our political leaders and the…

By Horatio Adurogbangba Dele Momodu has once again exhibited his unique talent for spinning fables without even a thread of truth connected to his prolific eruption of words. It is his penchant to attempt turning a grain of sand…

What’s a Nigerian citizen to do when there’s a presidential election coming up and the two leading candidates are a former dictator who’s presided over four years of lackluster growth and an alleged kleptocrat of international…

President Muhammadu Buhari The much-talked about presidential election are two weeks away, but signs of the things to come may jolly well be here. This is in view of what we have  seen in terms of political campaigns across the…

By the year 2050, Nigeria will have a population of 410 million people, the UN has projected. We will become the third largest country in the world, after India and China. We are currently seventh. Let’s pause for a minute. Imagine…

In a multi-ethnic, multicultural country like Nigeria, you can’t win votes by playing the “ethnic card”. In endorsing Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential candidate last week, the Igbo Social-cultural group Ohaneze Ndigbo claimed…

On Friday, January 25, 2019, the President of Nigeria , Muhammadu Buhari, suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Nkannu Samuel Onnoghen from office, and immediately administered the judicial oath of office to the…

Before every election in Nigeria, there is always always always something stirring up emotions, inflaming passion and pushing us, as it were, to the precipice. We are never starved of tension. The polity is always sharply and…