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A week ago, I stumbled on an article titled: “Africa and the burden of Leadership (The Guardian, Nov. 7),” written by Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, banker, investor and entrepreneur, former Managing Director of Access Bank Nigeria, our…

Many years ago, I was in Abuja to attend an international workshop on one of those human development issues that used to engage a lot of attention in those days: sustainable development goals, maternal mortality, maternal morbidity,…

What was assaulted in Squirrel view, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States on Saturday, October 27, was not just the 11 persons that died and the six injured, or strictly the Jewish community in the United States. It was an assault on…

Anthony Anenih, the political leader, chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, who has died aged 85, was one of the most important figures in the story of Nigeria’s return to civilian rule, and a founding father and a major influence in…

Chief John Odigie Oyegun, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) must be having a good laugh wherever he is. If he is just finishing a meal, he can afford to pick his teeth and belch from the deepest part of his…

While other Nigerians have settled that matter and concluded that Obi is in order and that Igbos deserve to be Vice President of Nigeria and even President in due course, the Igbo elite, playing well-known stereotypical politics, are trying…

During election season, there are persons like that in every political party. They are the people on the field. They take reports to Abuja, give feedback to the party at the national level and shuttle between their states and Abuja

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Godfather of Lagos State politics, has every reason to give Buhari “an Ambode treatment.” The Atiku Challenge is real and bankable. The only option available to the incumbent is rigging!

'I like the fight between Godfather and Godson. There will be no winners at the end of the day. There will only be losers on both sides'

Note this: Very few Nigerian politicians would easily admit that they are in pursuit of their own vaulting ambition, with an eye on profitable return on investment. They are likely to tell you that they are in the race because they have…

The international community must be wondering what kind of people are actually in charge in Nigeria. The relationship between the legislature and the executive arms of government at the centre, not at any time a good example, has been…

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the “factional” leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has reportedly asked Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki to resign his position as Senate President.

When we wrote much earlier that the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nigeria’s ruling party, was a coalition of strange bedfellows and a one-chance special purpose vehicle to get rid of President Goodluck Jonathan

I have up until this moment resisted the temptation to comment on the just concluded gubernatorial election in Ekiti State for the simple reason that the more the facts of the process emerged, the more confusing they seemed. About a week…

I want to commend Ms Vera Songwe and her team at the ECA for putting together what turned out to be a befitting tribute and a fruitful symposium. Out of all the events that have been organized in celebration of the passing of Prof. Adebayo…

As a human being, Adedibu was obviously a strong grassroots mobiliser. He was also a strong religious and community leader – he built 18 mosques - but his legacy of stomach infrastructure and political manipulation cannot endure in the long…

Strategy: Long before now, the Buhari government had needed to review its strategy of engagement with the public, move from blame-passing, propaganda, in-fighting, enemy-seeking approach to a more legacy-driven, result-oriented mode.

The APC coalition is not the first in the history of Nigerian politics, but it is perhaps the most impactful - even if driven by hate speech, populist propaganda and mass hysteria and hypnotism

Upon his assumption of office in Nigeria in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari, recognizing this fact, decided that he would focus on the abuse of campaign financing and tackle electoral corruption. The way he has gone about it and the…

Allegations of missing money are often translated into naked truth, in this season, without due reflection, and regard for the facts of the case. This is so, in this instance, because of reports of corruption involving and surrounding the…