By Dele Alake The noted and internationally acclaimed Nigerian novelist and essayist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, deserves a great deal of pity and sympathy for her so utterly biased piece titled ‘Nigeria’s hollow democracy’ published in the latest edition of ‘The Atlantic’ magazine. It is a piece that does little credit to the image and reputation […]
…Charges Agege residents to vote enmasse for APC A Youth group in Ward D, Orile Agege,”The Obasa Community Youth in Ward D, Orile Agege” led by Alhaja Mariam Tajudeen have charged Agege residents to support and vote Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu,Rt Hon Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa and all Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the […]
Kunle Awosiyan The President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated the new Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Most Reverend Michael Olusegun. This was contained in a statement released by the office of the president-elect and signed by Mr. Tunde Rahman. I’m the statement, Tinubu said Olusegun’s divine elevation has reflected […]
Kunle Awosiyan Most adults and students of history still have vivid memory of Lagos politics before Nigeria’s Independence. Lagos represented the centre of national politics because of its cosmopolitan nature. It will remains so as democracy continues to develop and grow in Nigeria. The first political party, the National Council of Nigeria and Cameroon, NCNC […]
By Kehinde Bamigbetan The Peoples Democratic Party of, PDP and its presidential candidate, Abubakar would wish to sedate Nigerians or at least put them under a spell of amnesia that would make them forget the past. Why? Only voters who are ignorant of PDP: an anti-people pedigree or have forgotten its reckless abuse of power […]
A couple of polls have been conducted since the countdown to the 2023 elections began earlier in the year. Ostensibly, the polls raised some dust as they tried to serve as guide to the 2023 presidential election. Did they succeed in tuning the mind of the voters Do polls really count in elections in Nigeria? […]
By Kehinde Bamigbetan The commencement of the screening of the presidential aspirants on Monday was received with relief by many doubting Thomases who had sworn that an aspirant would be imposed as flagbearer by presidential fiat. The screening calmed such frayed nerves and rebuilt confidence by showing that the journey to free and fair primaries […]
By Kehinde Bamigbetan The just-concluded presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party has, undoubtedly, thrown a challenge at the ruling All Progress Congress as it gets ready for its primaries on June 6 and 7, this year. The fundamental shift in the organisation of the primaries is the massive reduction in the number of delegates […]
By Hakeem Adisa That the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is gunning for the top job in the country is no longer rumours. This certainly is the season of politics. And only the truly brave, the shrewd strategist and the robust tactician of the game like Tinubu could throw his hat […]
