2023 Election’s Date with History
By Farooq Kperogi The 2023 presidential election is pregnant with history in ways no other election year has been in recent memory. If Peter Obi wins the election, he would be the first person from the Southeast to be President/Head…
The Emilokans of Nigeria
By Prince Charles Dickson Chicken cannot at this late date bemoan its lack of teeth, and when it sees the snuff seller, it enfolds its wings. (Everything at its proper time and when one sees potential danger approaching, one should…
2023 Poll: Stopping High Fatalities
By Emmanuel Onwubiko “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” Abraham Lincoln “When one with…
South East Political Leaders With Money And Opportunities But Little Or No Sense; Certainly Gutless
By Chinedu Jideofo-Ogbuagu In South-East APC Integrity Group, from June 2015 to January 2020, we strategized and pushed for sanitization and growth of APC in the South-East, preparatory to the geopolitical zone making a strong collective bid for 2023 Presidency…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu? Ha!
By Farooq Kperogi A protégé of mine who is now an international broadcaster and who’s deeply embedded in the inner recesses of Nigeria’s political circles told me 3 months ago that Atiku would win PDP’s nomination and that Tinubu would…
Tinubu and Osinbajo: The True Story of How They Met
By Bayo Onanuga I never wanted to write this story but I was inspired to do so today, following Buba Galadima’s interview with the Punch on Monday. Buba struck a chord when he spoke about the issue of trust in…
Is There Truly A Nigeria Police Force?
By Emmanuel Onwubiko “The police are not here to create disorder, they’re here to preserve disorder.” – Richard J. Daley. Under the Nigerian Constitution, Section 214(1) establishes the Nigeria Police Force in writing. Under the extant police Act signed in…
Kudirat Abiola: 26 Years Into An Amazon’s Flight
By Joe Okei Odumakin Nat King Cole sang, “Unforgettable”…he didn’t have Alhaja Kudirat Abiola in mind, but he did. Our heroine is in every way unforgettable, 26 years on. She was murdered on the 4th of June 1996 by the…
Two Brothers, Different Fate
By Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe Since the concluded PDP presidential primaries, there have been different narratives canvassed in the media space for and against the aspirants. One of such who has attracted more attention than the eventual winner of the election…
Peter Obi Has Carved His Own Unique Path – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I am proud of my brother, Governor Peter Obi. I am entitled to my talk on him: ‘He came, he saw, he conquered’. His governance of Anambra State was full of experiences worth-sharing and indeed worth capturing in a book…
3 Years of Governor Inuwa’s Saddle in the Savannah: A Vindication Of A Promise Keeper
By Ismaila Uba Misilli Given the character of politics and governance in our clime, there is the tendency by the people to be cynical about pronouncements or promises made by political leaders especially during elections. Of course, there is a…
