Opinion

OPINION: REVISITING APC’S DISQUALIFICATION OF SHITTU AND ALHASSAN

It is no longer news that the screening of aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, with some of its interesting outcomes, has come and gone. One of the interesting fallout was the audacious disqualification of...

OPINION: OF OSHIOMHOLE, DANCING AND GOVERNANCE

He moves on the dance space with surprising élan and fetching candour. For sheer nimble swiftness and energy, few top-notch politicians in Nigeria today can match the dancing skill and prowess of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of...

OPINION: PDP AND WIKE’S DELUSION OF GRANDEUR

Opposition by former governor of Rivers state and current minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, to Nyesom Wike succeeding him as governor of the oil-rich state, reflectively, is more explicable. Given their friendship, Amaechi had the benefit of detailed...

OPINION: ISSUES IN THE APC PRIMARY ELECTIONS

As the governing party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, goes into the critical process of choosing from the different aspirants, the candidates to fly its flag in the coming general election, there is need for eternal vigilance. It has...

OPINION: OSUN: ELECTION AS THEATRE

What is going on in Osun state right now is nothing short of political theatre. It is keeping us all entertained, but it has also turned so many observers into emergency lawyers. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared...

OPINION: TAKEAWAYS FROM THE OSUN ELECTION

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The September 22 2018 governorship election in Osun state is one of the closest political races in the country’s political history. According to official results, Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 254,698 while Alhaji...

OPINION: WHY SERIAL RAPISTS EXCEPT BLACKS GET AWAY WITH SEXUAL ABUSE

Reporting sexual assault remains risky and cumbersome. A bold faced privileged liar could go on the offensive in front of those willing to believe him, against a truthful lady. Sexual exploitation has gone beyond anything most decent people could...

OPINION: HOW TO DEFEAT PRESIDENT BUHARI IN 2019

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PDP CHAIRMAN The best chance that the People's Democratic Party (PDP) stands to sack President Buhari of the all Progressives Party (APC) is in 2019. If, for any self-inflicted reason, the PDP failed to remove...

OPINION: TOWARDS APC’S NEW GOVERNANCE MODEL

An opportunity of an informal meeting with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, recently in Abuja, in company with some politician friends was quite instructive. The intellectual engagement that ensued illuminated the ideas...

OPINION: LIBERATING NIGERIA THROUGH ADVOCACY AND SENSITIZATION

As the 2019 general elections draws near, there has been a huge clamour for the populace to get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) and vote for credible leaders. The clamour, though having good intentions is not rightly placed. Information...