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By Dakuku Peterside THE holy grail of democracy is the widespread participation of people in the business of power, legitimised by the representation of elected leaders. Participation is so…
IPOB’s congregation of crocodiles
By Kenechukwu Obiezu THE human experience of change is one conceived and consummated in the crucible of conflict. Change has hardly ever happened without some form of conflict, whether…
Political Gladiators malign Gov. Ugwuanyi In Igbo-Eze North Local Government
By Comrade Emeka Jude Omeh It is no longer a secret affair that some power drunk politicians in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area in Enugu State are wrestling power…
Tinubu may not be running
By Fredrick Nwabufo It is a kaleidoscope – the pattern keeps mutating. Nigeria’s politics should be among the most unpredictable, intriguing and exhilarating. There are more smokescreens than actual…
ASUU is still a joke
By Aliyu Sulaiman SIR: Eight years ago as a final year student in one of Nigeria’s Federal Universities, I argued that the incessant strikes by ASUU were needless. I…
Nigeria has an Igbo problem
By Cheta Nwanze ONE of the best pieces written about Nigeria’s Igbo problem by a non-Igbo person was recently republished by David Hundeyin in his BusinessDay column. There are…
2023: Has constitution amendment disqualified Jonathan?
By Eric Ikhilae Before April 22, 2022. the idea of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan being drafted to contest the next presidential election as a candidate of the All Progressives Congress…
Report: US supreme court to overturn law legalising abortion
The US supreme court is reportedly set to vote to overturn the law that legalised abortion. According to a report by Politico, this was disclosed in a leaked draft…
The Illusion Of A Southern Presidency
By Femi Fani Kayode As each day passes the illusion of a Southern Presidency in 2023 melts away like an iceberg approaching the tropics. At the end of the…
Igbo Eze North/Udenu 2023: Honourable Prince Emeka Mamah remains our most preferred choice!
By Ngozi Lilian Abugu Philanthropist Prince Emeka Mamah has written his name in gold when service to humanity is concerned. His philanthropic nature is second to none. His indelible name…
What’s President Jonathan doing to himself?
By Ugo Egbujuo A few days ago, President Jonathan hosted a bunch of clowns. They had gathered at his gate supposedly to wake him from slumber. Leaving their houses…
How the plan against Tinubu is progressing
By Emmanuel Aziken In the most audacious attempt at monetizing the country’s democracy, the All Progressives Congress, APC, last week fixed the price tag for its presidential nomination forms…
Why are ethnicity, zoning dominant issues of 2023 elections?
By Frederick Nwabufo A plus ca change. Leadership fails, followership fails; society atrophies and nothing changes. Why? We keep reinventing purgatory because we are either too complacent or too…
PYO and 2023 Aso Rock race
By Ayo Akinyemi The emergence of Professor Yemi Osinbajo in the orbit of 2023 presidential aspirants has been like a volcanic eruption in the nation’s political landscape. It has…
OPINION: The country that lost its testicles
By Chidi Odinkalu In the currency of public policy and political communication in Nigeria, one word occupies the Platinum standard all by itself – “virile”. No major speech by…
