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Category: Opinions/Columnists
2023 elections, ethnic bigots and the rest of us
A certain Yoruba lady came close to such fatal fate at the March 18 governorship election…
OPINION – On Chimaraoke and his tribe
Across the land, he is easily best remembered as using 50 million Naira of the State’s…
OPINION – Memo to their Excellencies, the Governors-elect
Betrayal, dog eat dog, hatred and witch-hunting are the posters of Nigerian politics. As it is…
Lack of rigor and a fraudulent election
Apart from the corruption of INEC commissioners and staff, there is general sloppiness about the manner…
Igbo as scapegoat of Lagos politics
By Emeka Alex Duru Events in the country, keep proving late Prof Chinua Achebe right that…
Kogi Guber: Tom Ohikere as the indispensable playmaker
Unbroken and undeterred he retreated to national politics to make his own contributions to the fate…
OPINION – Now that we have arrived Rwanda
By Festus Adedayo Just before genocide broke out in Rwanda in 1994, a broadcaster on…
OPINION – Is this the Buhari legacy of credible elections?
But few months into the administration, it became obvious that the head of state had no…
OPINION – Lagos Guber polls: Attacks on Ndigbo and what Sanwo-olu must do
As I have noted in the past, Igbo and Yoruba in Nigeria may be compared to…
OPINION – There is sadness In the land
Cast your mind back to where you were and what you did after Barrack Obama was…
OPINION- Country is in a fragile place
A sludge of tension is in the air. A simmering rage. Some voters say that the…
Now That We Have Voted…
Perhaps the biggest success of the 2022 elections is that Kenyans demonstrated commitment to move past…
Nigeria’s Population Time Bomb
By Julius Ogunro Nigeria’s population is projected to reach 400 million by 2050, doubling the…
OPINION – CBN’s Naira Confiscation, A Poverty Inducing Monetary Policy
Not only are new notes generally unavailable, the old ones have been summarily declared unlawful in…
BOOK REVIEW: Godfatherism, fuel scarcity and sundry matters (2)
He is taken to a cell meant for people awaiting extra-judicial killing. While awaiting his fate,…
OPINION – Senatorial Election: Tambuwal’s politics of calming candour
With the obvious challenges ahead, the Nigerian Senate could do with a generous dose of…
OPINION -Why I’ll criticize the Supreme Court
By Richard Akinnola 11 My Lord the Chief Justice, I read with utter consternation, your press…
OPINION – Time for a paradigm shift in governance
By Peter Nandi Bette On November 20, 2022 Equatorial Guineans reportedly re-elected 80 year old Teodoro…
Kwankwaso’s superhuman restraint during Arise TV interview
Olu Falae was a Kano man who was originally known as Auwalu Falalu but that when…
Presidency: Neither the APC, nor the PDP
In many parts of the country, insecurity has been on the rise to the extent that…
OPINION – Presidency: Neither the APC, nor the PDP
It is time for Nigerians to shift for the better, try new set of leaders, not…
OPINION – Emefiele: Shame on APC
The truth is that Emefiele should have been sacked or he should have been asked to…
Leadership failure and insecurity in South East
As in Somalia, it all boils down to failure of leadership, especially the political elite. The…
BOOK REVIEW: Like COVID-19, like Grey
Their sister who remains home is seized by the fear that she will die of hunger…
OPINION – Audacity of Peter Obi
No one knows how the 2023 elections will go, but one thing is certain; Peter Obi…
Umo Eno: I see the rainbow
I see a Pastor Eno who will, being one who performs better at such a stage,…
BOOK REVIEW: This is not a Romeo and Juliet tale
This line brings to mind the words of Poet Maik Nwosu about exile. Nwosu said: “At…
OPINION – 2023 census must have provision for state of origin
During elections too, the indigenes and settlers also determine those who get elected into offices. State…