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Nigeria’s Opposition is Missing – Shehu Garba
By Garba Shehu Last week, the Nigeria’s senate majority leader reintroduced anti-sexual harassment legislation to parliament, following a serious exposé by...
Demystifying Cabal Rulership at Power Centres: Kyari As A Case Study
By Segun Awoniyi Cabals exist everywhere and at all levels of authority, tiers of government, organizational administration even at community levels....
ABBA KYARI And The Fifth Columnists
By Oluchi Joseph The suggestion that the chief of staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has taken over the role of the...
Sowore’s Detention: Decree 2 By Subterfuge
By Richard Akinnola But how did the judiciary rise to the occasion under the various military governments when people were variously detained under...
Presidential election petition: Why certificate mattered
By Law Mefor Like a sore thumb, the issue of the secondary school certificate of President Muhammadu Buhari keeps sticking up. But why...
Lessons from Kenya: How the Judiciary can save Nigeria’s democracy
On Politics with Clem Aguiyi In a sharp contrast to 2015 when there was nationwide jubilation, there were no celebrations on the streets...
OPINION/TRIBUTE: At 78, IBB maintains his important beats, but…
By Sufuyan Ojeifo I had, in the past, written a number of tributes on the occasion of the anniversary of former military...
The Sparkle of 50 Stars Cannot be Dimmed
•••Tribute to Senator Solomon “YAYI” Olamilekan on His 50th Birthday Nearly One year and couple of months ago when I turned 50, I...
Fulanization: Obasanjo reverses self on Fulanization, seeks dialogue
By James Akinloye *Obasanjo reverses self on Fulanization, seeks dialogue* It’s never too late to do the right thing; I think finally, former...
EDHA crisis: Can Obaseki run the gauntlet?
By Sufuyan Ojeifo The aphorism by the Yoruba that “whoever does something that is unusual will experience a consequence that is unusual” perfectly...
Nigerians of goodwill beware of Fani-Kayode’s obsession with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
By Oladele Peter (PhD) It is no longer news that for Mr. Femi Fani Kayode to remain relevant in Nigeria he has resorted...
Obaseki’s “N6 billion annual security votes”: Matters arising
By Sufuyan Ojeifo The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the leadership of the State Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih,...
IGE, OKE AND THE CONTINUING POLITICS OF IDEATION
By Abiodun Adeniyi Bola Ige left a legacy of a puritanical rhetorician in the nation’s politics. He spoke the proverbial Queen’s English with...
Deconstructing Obaseki’s “political rebellion”
By Tony Erha Politicking in Edo is unpredictable. So troublesome it is such that the bombastic Patrick Obahiagbon (a.k.a. Igodomigodo) is wont to...
ABBA Kyari: Demonizing A Good Man
Idris Mustapha A day after some so-called APC Concerned Stakeholders staged a protest in Abuja calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to do away...
Is Multichoice Nigeria Above Nigeria’s Law?
By Adewole Kehinde MultiChoice Africa was born on the African continent and its history can be traced back to 1986 when a number...
