Opinion

My dear Bob Dee! One could have easily made up his mind not to read or respond to anything you wrote after seeing the rather unprincipled queuing up behind Senator Bukola Saraki and then abandoning him, moving on…

When the results of the senatorial elections began to appear, three weeks ago, and it became obvious that Bukola Saraki had been utterly defeated by his old nemesis, Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, many of his social media rats, as…

Nigeria is a heterogonous nation of different tribes and religions, the major tribes being Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba; Islam and Christianity being the major religions being practiced by its populace. Even…

Since I have been old enough to follow presidential elections in Nigeria, I have to admit that I have never experienced the kind of gloomy mood that hit some sections of the country after the declaration of…

I met with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Saturday, 27th January 2018, at his residence in Asokoro Abuja, exactly at 1:57pm, after a scheduled appointment from Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, (Talban Minna), former governor of…

The ego of the dominant power elite has always been fragile. Used to decades of being pampered and catered for, while leading from the kitchen, being pulled back from the feeding bottle it has held down…

The presidential election has come and gone with the attendant political tension and acrimony it ended up creating for Nigerians in all tier of the political system. It further aggravated the already…

God in the moment makes things happen beyond ourselves. Progress is a road that forever extends itself the more we travel it. It never ends but continues to urge us forward. Genuine progress weds the finer aspects of…

On February 27, 2019, lawyer and activist, Mike Ozekhome, wrote a piece under the headline, 'Buhari's skewed view of the Igbo race.' On face value, the piece seemed to advocate the cause of the Igbo race, but a…

“Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation,” Prophet Joel. A week to the polls, a friend phoned from the United States and thought Atiku Abubakar…

The ageing Nigerian husband and father is facing a silent revolt – a gang-up against him by wives and children who have chosen to remain abroad. If you are observant enough, you will notice him in markets – an…

Atiku Abubakar, former vice president and PDP candidate in the February 23 presidential election, should have conceded defeat, pure and simple. Had he done so, he would have uplifted Nigeria on the world stage, and added brownie…

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…