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 day both parties will present a Northern candidate, NOTHING will happen and the heavens will not fall. This is because Southerners do not know the […]
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 echoes in every ears. We, the good people of Igbo Eze North/Udenu federal constituency could not hold our tears of joy when he answered our […]
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 to constitute a public nuisance at that gate, they sought to make the former president realize that he had transformed from a hero to a […]
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 at N100 million. The development practically fenced off the aspiration of any political actor who sweated to make his money. Also affected were the young […]
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 self-absorbed to interrogate the real issues of leadership, divorcing provincial proclivities. We want change and good governance but have refused to levitate above the insular […]
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 caused upset in some camps and unsettled some other aspirants. It has changed the dynamics in the political circle since the morning of Monday, April […]
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 a Nigerian ruler is complete without it. Soon after assuming office in his first term, Nigeria’s president, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, proudly informed the European Parliament […]
By Mike Kebonkwu Europe is in turmoil as Ukraine is turned into rubble under siege by Russian missiles and tanks. The world is watching helplessly as death and destruction has turned the country to a waste land. The world has completely lost its moral compass as the United Nations has lost its bite in […]
By Fredrick Nwabufo. ‘’It’s not my problem.’’ – This was President Muhammadu Buhari’s immutable response to a question on his thoughts on the 2023 elections. Buhari has been coerced and blandished to assert himself like former President Olusegun Obasanjo who assumed the de facto office of godfather and technically installing the late Umaru Musa […]
By Ikechukwu Amaechi ON Monday, April 11, Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, declared his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election. In a short broadcast via his Twitter handle after months of speculation, Osinbajo said having served as Vice President “under a true Nigerian patriot, a servant of the nation in war and peace, […]
