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Category: Opinions/Columnists
OPINION – Presidential Primaries: The true lies about delegates
By Bamidele Johnson Back when he was lucid, the late Majek Fashek sang-to no public disapproval-“Religion…
OPINION – 2023: A southerner can defeat a northerner
By Emmanuel Ogbeche There is a lie that has been allowed to fester. It has become…
OPINION – Will Buhari pick another Buhari as successor?
By Fredrick Nwabufo Foxy old Buhari. Artful. Deliberate. Unassuming but redoubtable. Principled but unaffected. He guards…
OPINION – The Peter Paradigm: Prometheus unbound!
By Steve Osuji Let’s illustrate it in a simple term: the PETER PARADIGM is the ability…
OPINION – How APC can solve its Tinubu problem
By Farooq Kperogi There is no question that Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the main character in…
OPINION – PMB: It’s time to play hardball
By Uche Diala Any avid watcher of Nigerian politics knew that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would get…
OPINION: Peter Obi is the third force
By Amanze Obi A mass movement has just begun. It is the type that will test…
OPINION – Self-interest may cost South 2023 presidency
By Azuka Onwuka On July 5, 2021, the governors of the 17 states of Southern Nigeria,…
Wike: The real Hero of the moment
By Kassim Afegbua Treachery. Blackmail. Betrayal. Manipulation. Conspiracy. Bad blood. Gang up. Political greed and egocentricism,…
OPINION – 2023: As South-east waits on President Buhari, APC
By Ismail Idris I love the philosophies and ideologies of Frantz Fanon. And his books too.…
OPINION – 2023: Prospects of a third force
By Dakuku Peterside The political evolution of party systems in the world follows a binary trajectory.…
OPINION – This is not democracy
By Kazeem Akintunde Democracy, as I was taught in secondary school 40 years ago, is defined…
TRIBUTE: Reminiscence of Nnamani’s tortuous road to Lion House
By Paul Mumeh Barring any unforeseen circumstances or a likely twist of events on account of…
OPINION: As dollars elected, created mannequins at party primaries
By Festus Adedayo While touring Northern Nigerian provinces in the 1950s to canvass for votes, Ahmadu…
OPINION – 2023 Presidential Election should be cancelled; it’s already predetermined
By Farooq Kperogi With the help of Aminu Tambuwal, Atiku Abubakar has defeated Nysom Wike to…
OPINION: Akpabio, Nigeria’s presidency and what to expect
By Abdulaziz Umar Within the next one week or thereabouts, the foundational processes leading to the…
OPINION: INEC is in bed with APC and can’t be trusted
By Farooq Kperogi The only major political party that INEC’s 6-day extension of the primary election…
OPINION: Hypocrisy and the Nigerian society
By Emmanuel Ogbeche In Nigeria, deep thought is an anathema. Though Nigerians lay claim to piety…
OPINION: PDP, South East and how not to reward loyalty
By Emeka Alex Duru We had on this space attempted a sketch of analogy between the…
OPINION – Kaduna: Between Uba Sani and the others
By Danjuma Musa Finally, it is a done deal. Senator Uba Sani, as widely expected, has…
TRIBUTE: The making of a timeless history book
By Sylvester Asoya An encounter with Kelechi, son of KBC Onwubiko, the famous author of History…
OPINION: The Umahi gambit in APC
By Steve Osuji As Super Saturday beckons, would Engr. Dave Nweze Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State,…
OPINION: For a time like this
By Olukorede Yishau There are times I miss Maryland Mall where I frequented to see Nigerian…
OPINION: The golden opportunity Onu presents for APC, Buhari and country
By Ismail Idris There may be a large army of aspirants angling for the presidential ticket…
OPINION: Who will save the South East?
By Kazeem Akintunde The southeast geo-political zone in Nigeria has been in turmoil for some time…
OPINION: Tinubu, Atiku, Fayemi, Wike and other presidential probables
By Fredrick Nwabufo The political trajectory of Nigeria in the next four years will be initialised…
OPINION: Why I withdrew from Akwa Ibom governorship race
By Onofiok Akpan Luke I entered the ongoing Governorship race of our dear State to change…
OPINION – Monkeypox: Another red-alert for Nigeria
By Linus Awute There is a shock wave in several countries as there is now an…
TRIBUTE- Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola: The untiring progressive idealist @65
By Erasmus Ikhide THE American influential journal, Imprimis, has as its motto, ‘Ideas have consequences’. That’s…