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OPINION – Will north, the Shrew, bite the APC’s nose?
Tortoise was the last to rush to the scene. He had been engrossed with a customer…
National Assembly leadership and the South East question
A party that registered such impacts in a zone that the current APC-led government has treated…
Churches, other stakeholders should do more to restore lasting peace in the South-East
South-East Governors should collaborate more in the area of information sharing, intelligence gathering and joint efforts…
Why it’s wrong for Tinubu to appoint National Assembly leadership
Staying away from publicly announcing individuals for the various positions could help in avoiding unnecessary ego…
OPINION – May 29 and the limits of desperation
The same group, which hounded the Buhari administration in the past eight years, now want him…
May 29 handover and Buhari’s self-righteousness
Nigerians have never had it so bad. The country overtook India in 2018 as the global…
OPINION – Tinubu, judicial corruption and Madman of Gadarene
Last week in Port-Harcourt, Tinubu woke up the ghost of judicial corruption, an albatross that hovers…
Rising ethnic tension between Hausa and Fulani
In everyday dialogic engagements on social media, in the marketplace, and in the streets, Hausa and…
10th National Assembly and the scramble for senate presidency
Osita Izunaso started his political career in the National Assembly in 1991 during the short-lived 3rd…
Why I want to be Senate President – Akpabio
I made that promise even on the convention day that being a man who used to…
Elumelu vs Otedola Chess game: Is Tony Elumelu missing Albert Okumagba?
UBA was captured, and Tony Elumelu became the golden boy while Okumagba was the engine room;…
OPINION – Nigeria’s Sudan question
Like Nigeria, however, Sudan is ridden with corruption. It is perceived as one of the most…
OPINION – The time to reward ‘Rice Man’ is here!
As an educationist and development angel, who is basically acquinted with modern reality of the place…
OPINION – Sub-national governance in Nigeria: The Ekiti example
I must admit that in preparing for office, I had a unique opportunity. The three and…
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Saworoide 2’ at a time like this
Our next leaders should enter a pact with Nigerians with a modern version of ‘saworoide’ and…
OPINION – Ken Imasuagbon’s quest for Edo top job in 2024
By Victor Osagie IN the last two decades, Barrister Kenneth Imasuagbon, a Nigerian educationist, lawyer, entrepreneur,…
OPINION – Why South-East doesn’t deserve Senate presidency again
It will be unjust and unfair for the South-East to produce the Senate president when the…
Edo 2024: Dr Azemhe Azena rekindles hope in Edo
By Irowa Aibuedefe Adolf ONE of the most powerful televangelist in Nigeria’s contemporary theological history, would…
OPINION – Nigeria’s past shouldn’t be today’s burden
No one can hold their own version of history as truth everyone must chow down. There…
Lai Mohammed’s phantom treason charge against Obi, Datti
Chukwumerije accused Abiola of treason, for insisting that he be declared the president-elect. Subsequent events led…
OPINION – Between America’s institutions and Trump
It matters not if Donald Trump is found guilty or not after trial. What matters is…
BOOK REVIEW: Let’s talk about Lola Akinmade
Lola and Jessica were so eager and positive that the book would be snapped up in…
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…