By Azuka Onwuka When I graduated from the university in 1994, the American visa lottery program…
Category: Opinions/Columnists
OPINION – Has Tinubu read the story of S.L. Akintola’s last days?
By Festus Adedayo The war of the First Republic had reached a feverish height. Those it…
OPINION – #Project-2023: Can southern leaders stop Atiku’s presidency?
By Martins Oloja ‘…What I am seeing in the crystal ball before me is making me…
OPINION – Jabi Park Abuja and modern governance
By Osita Chidoka In 2009 I started using Jabi park for my daily exercise. It was…
OPINION – What Tinubu would do if he’s denied APC ticket
By Farooq Kperogi While most people are fixated on Tinubu’s sense of entitlement and digs at…
OPINION – Solving the Tinubu question
By Gimba Kakanda Without the Bola Tinubu-led ACN bloc in the coalition that became APC, Buhari…
Tinubu’s message in Abeokuta was misrepresented
The attention of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation has been drawn to the…
OPINION – Peter Obi and Labour Party Revolution
By Emeka Alex Duru Leadership entails carrying a cross, for all; offering oneself as a victim,…
OPINION – PDP primaries and the shame of a nation
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa It is no longer news that primary elections of the opposition Peoples Democratic…
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…