Politics

The search for Nigeria’s messiah is endless. It is devoid of consistency or any deep thought. It is almost as if Nigerians give in to their yearnings like toddlers, whose only focus at any time […]

As a democrat and advocate of peace, law and order which is a sine qua non for human cohabitation and engagement, one is greatly disturbed and condemns in strong terms, the reported violence which broke […]

As we enter the final days before the general elections, arguments tainted with emotions and sentiment will spring up in favour of the major contenders for the exalted office of the presidency, while this is […]

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says unlike President Muhammadu Buhari, the integrity of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is questionable. The former Lagos governor said […]

These are desperate times; a time of signs and wonders. It is “injury time” – anything can happen. Only the unwary will be taken in by the magic of this time. Everything you read, every […]

BY AYISHA OSORI AND CHRIS NGWODO In Nigeria, elections have become synonymous with democracy and vice-versa. The danger of this conflation is two-fold. One, regular elections do not make a democracy and the socio-economic realities […]

There have been interesting events in the political terrain in the past few weeks, but the one that has gained unnecessary attention was this allegation by Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, presidential flag-bearer of the opposition Peoples […]

In an unprecedented move, a parallel campaign structure put in place by the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, is scheduled to be inaugurated today (Thursday). The inauguration of the over 500-member campaign team, said […]

Character is generally referred to as the distinct qualities (moral, temperamental, natural, mental, psychological, etc.) of a person that distinguish them from others (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/character). The reference to a person’s character is, ipso facto, a reference […]

Recently, 71 members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly (NASS) and some notable Nigeria’s have called for a switch from the American styled presidential democracy to the Westminster model, otherwise known as parliamentary […]

President Buhari and family have been loudly silent. Not even a word from them. But the Presidency and hardcore Buhari supporters have risen vigorously, like a swarm of angry bees, to the president’s defence, more […]

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state governor has warned that his party might lose the 2019 presidential election if it fails to address the concerns of party leaders over a plethora of issues he said […]

The traducers of the VP, motivated by negative designs, went about the business of attack with nary a thought for caution. As Orwell pointed out in the same essay, “But if thought corrupts language, language […]