Articles by Omoniyi Osadare

The conduct of the 2019 general election has, expectedly, become the subject of heated discussions and debates everywhere — offices, schools, homes, newspaper vendor stands and social media. Predictably, supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari are […]

Turnout Conundrum One of the facts that struck me after the release of the 2019 presidential election results in the last week of February was the relatively low turnout. Hitherto, anecdotal evidence suggested that turnout […]

The most distinctive dynamic of the 2019 elections seems to be focused on the character of the candidates, rather than their plans or platform. The voting results that took out, in both major parties, prominent […]

The defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has inaugurated his legal team to challenge the result of the just concluded presidential election. According to a statement […]

Twice on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari displayed an uncommon generosity of spirit. We had set forth at dawn, shortly before 5 a.m, to visit the presidential campaign office in Central Area of Abuja. The purpose […]

More than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded and caused a stampede in southern Nigeria, a local official said Saturday. The blast early Friday caused massive oil spillage in the Nembe […]

Some few days ago, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the current Nigerian President, for another four-year tenure. Controversial as the election that ushered him in maybe, the tasks before Mr Muhammadu Buhari remains very […]

IN the words of John Donne, 17th Century Jacobean metaphysical poet-cleric, “Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls […]

Oludayo Tade The struggle for the number one seat of Nigeria has now climaxed with the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari -The Indomitable Lion of Daura (TILD)- as re-elected for another four years. In an […]

I wish to congratulate all Nigerians for the successful conclusion of the presidential election. I pray that the next four years will move Nigeria from glory to glory. All Nigerians are winners, whether they voted […]

Dateline: Friday, February 15, 9pm, Abuja, Area 3 Shopping Plaza. I dash off to the petrol station to fill up my tank for the assignment of the much awaited presidential election of February 16. On […]

At last we witnessed it: the 2019 presidential election which has been “won” and lost,” and which shall give rise and further rise to the problem of ethnic conflict in our country. We voted last […]

Political ideology does not fall from heaven. A political party could be ideological by virtue of the historical circumstances that gave birth to it. Of course, a political party could also transform into being an […]

Brethren, is it not true that the only sense of shame some of us have in this country today is the complete absence of sense of shame? The subject matter of shame and modesty is […]

A society like ours where impunity and criminality are condoned and politicised as acceptable norms, can hardly change… When bad ways are legitimised as normal, such a society is doomed and apparently has lost its […]