By Farooq A. Kperogi In perceptual terms, Peter Obi started as an Igbo candidate, then became the southern Christian candidate, and graduated to the Nigerian Christian candidate. Now he is becoming a Nigerian candidate. This column analyzes his seemingly growing acceptance in the Muslim North and poses uncomfortable questions about his past–now that it seems […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Basil Okoh The Peter Obi revolution should be moving now from the urban clusters to the provinces and rural communities. The capacity to win over the heavy populations of the urban centres and penetrate the wide expanses and low population densities of the provincial and rural communities should be the crucial test for […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi In today’s column, I examine why Tinubu is avoiding the Nigerian public space and holing up in London when he should be campaigning. Why is Bola Tinubu Hiding in London?By Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogi Questions and concerns over Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s absence from the Nigerian public space, which has trended on […] Read more
Monday Lines By Lasisi Olagunju (Published on Monday, 3 October, 2022) I learnt yesterday that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be visiting Nigeria today. The question I asked the bearer of the great tidings was: When is he going back to his rest in London? He […] Read more
By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Now that the campaigns towards the 2023 elections have started, what will the candidates campaign with? The stars of the campaigns are the presidential candidates – Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye Some people think that the next president of Nigeria will inherit a poisoned chalice because he (yes, he) will find out that what he thought was a throne was but a marble-coated trap programmed to de-ball. If the economic situation is as bad as many experts see it, why are so many […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye Nyesom Wike’s day job is to administer the affairs of Rivers State as Governor. But in actual fact, he is more than that. He is the ‘bee’ of Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The bee makes sweet honey and is loyal to its colony or beehive. The sweetness […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye If you are not aware that one ‘mudu’ of yellow Garri which used to sell for N140 in Abuja is now N500, you would at least know that one litre of diesel has jumped from N240 per litre to N820. That was why my barber disagreed with the headline of the newspaper […] Read more
By Ayo Dada since August 21, when I first received the video of the gentleman in the video, to protect the man’s dignity and that of the family he left behind, I pondered and prayed about publishing the video, if it was the right thing to do. After Biodun Busari, The UK based Nigerian DJ’s […] Read more
By Steve Osuji They are not exactly pen for hire, they are consort journalists. Well kept and used by their master for his purposes. They have no qualms, they have little compunction, they are well fed they they feed the public with lies and fallacies, keeping a straight, evil, face.Here’s a list: Sam Omatseye, Segun […] Read more
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