Articles by Omoniyi Osadare

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu spoke with reporters in Lagos, shortly after casting his vote at Ikeja, the state capital. EMMANUEL OLADESU was there. What is your assessment of the exercise […]

Voting has been extended in both Yobe and Borno states by the Independent National Electoral Commission due to logistic, technical and security reasons. The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Borno, Samuel Madaki, disclosed that voting will […]

Certainly the much anticipated March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections may have come and gone but the echoes from that exercise is one that will surely linger for a very long time to come. […]

Sen. George Akume is the senator representing Benue Northwest senatorial district. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, the Senate minority leader opens up on some state and national issues. What issues would you like the […]

THE shocker for the president was evident on nationwide television. For more than 20 minutes the president could not get his Permanent Voter’s Card, PVC matched by his fingerprints as the miracle device, Card Reader […]

To all intents and purposes, the com­ing days in the life of Nigeria will be very interesting, and Lagos, being the country’s economic nerve-cen­tre, will surely not be left out. Come March 28, 2015, Nigerians […]

Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minis­ter, is one of the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the North. A former ambas­sador to China and one-time Nigeria’s Permanent Represen­tative to the United Nations, […]

  Fellow Nigerians, today is not June 12, 1993, but it has all the trappings of that fateful day. For those who may not remember, let me repeat for the umpteenth time, that was our […]

There was a time when Nigerians actually enjoyed politics. The rules were clear, though some of them were still being developed to keep up with the fast pace of our development as a nation. But […]

The March 28, 2015, presidential vote has all along been presented in both local and foreign media as a battle of titans, a tough war. This is in keeping with media’s penchant for histrionics and […]

All credible independent polls predict a Buhari victory. Some with more winning margins than others, but all gave APC victory in four of our six zones with ma­jor inroads in the other two zones. This […]

One thing that sets this year’s electoral campaign miles apart from the previous ones is the overflowing stream of cheap talk – call it pedestrian propaganda. One is also astonished at the creative, even if […]

As the general elections draw close, the Minister of Ni­ger Delta Affairs, Dr Stephen Orise Oru, has given reasons Nigerians should not elect the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, […]

Lagosians expect the dawn of a new era next month. Ahead of the governorship elections, indigenes and non-indigenes are mobilising support for the candidature of Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the standard bearer of the All Progressives […]

Former Ondo State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Prince ‘Diran Iyantan is the Leader of Yoruba Ronu. He spoke with Assistant Editor LEKE SALAUDEEN on the marginalisation of the Yoruba, the purported endorsement […]

Just picture this scene. A bus full of people of different ages and nationalities, is parked at the slope of a hill, a few meters from the sea. The sea waves are gentle as they […]

The opposition or the government in waiting plays a vital role in the political development of any country. It exists to offer constructive criticisms and prevent the ruling party from getting disconnected to the people. […]

The mantra of the opposition All Progressive Congress is change. It is a well-known fact that Nigerians have not really had a fair deal under the current Jonathan led administration. The fight against the hydra-headed […]