The National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic
Congress, ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, has described former Kaduna State governor,
Nasir El-Rufai, as a “political prisoner” of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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Showing posts with label Opinion. Show all posts
By Opeyemi Bamidele
The Electoral Act, 2026, has finally come into force. Its enactment confirms the demise of the old order that never perfectly met our aspirations and proclaims the birth of an entirely new order that now promises the future we all desire. The National Assembly enacted the Act purely in the collective interest of the citizenry to deepen credibility, promote transparency and boost the integrity of our electoral process. Unlike before, the process, which culminated in its passage alone, took the parliament two years of rigorous work and broader engagement.
By Victor Okonkwo
People think challenges are there to weaken them. But in reality, challenges often reveal just how strong they are. Strength means different things to different people. Many were taught that strength looks like confidence, certainty, control, or never struggling. But real strength is often quiet, invisible and uncelebrated.
It looks like surviving what you thought would destroy you. It looks like continuing when you wanted to stop. It looks like carrying pain without losing your humanity.
By The Duke of Shomolu
Over the last 48 hours, I have had extensive conversations with Chimamanda’s media consultant, Eurocare’s media consultant, the chairman of one of Nigeria’s largest private hospital chains and one of Nigeria’s most brilliant medical practitioners who has consulted for the top five private hospitals in Nigeria and was recently headhunted from the UK by one of them.
Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, has once again found himself explaining why governance is far more complicated than campaign rhetoric and social media bravado suggest.
Since 2020, Africa has witnessed a resurgence of military interventions, with at least 16 coup attempts recorded across the continent. The most recent episodes in Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar reinforce a troubling reality: the era of coups in Africa is far from over. Contrary to widespread belief that such military overthrows are relics of the past, these numbers paint a starkly different picture.
By Femi Fani-Kayode
Imagine a recalcitrant and unrepentant schoolyard bully like
President Donald Trump threatening our country with violence, military action
and invasion. What a nerve! Permit me to put the matter in context. A friend of
mine sent the following words to me last night after reading his threat of war
& military action.
By Folorunso Fatai Adisa
Last month, a mutilated body was found decomposing on the tranquil banks of Loch Lomond, Glasgow. A few weeks later, dismembered body parts were discovered in the community around my workplace in Glasgow. And only three weeks ago, I woke to flashing blue lights and police tape sealing off my street, a 52-year-old man had been stabbed to death right at the doorstep of the next house to mine. These are not scenes from a crime drama. They are pieces of Scotland’s recent reality. The cases of violent crime here, though rare by global standards, are quietly on the rise. According to Scottish Government crime statistics (2024), recorded homicides rose to 57 cases, up from 52 the previous year, while knife-related offences remain a persistent concern across Glasgow and Edinburgh.
By Ebuka Nwankwo
In Anambra State, because it is almost impossible to criticize Governor Chukwuma Soludo of not transforming the state with landmark infrastructural projects and human capacity building initiatives, some online and faceless ‘mobs’ have resorted to propagating all kinds of lies, falsehoods, hate comments and outright propaganda in the social media in order to deceive folks who have not been to Anambra nor have seen the ongoing transformation in Anambra. Many of these folks are well-known supporters of Mr. Peter Obi, the former governor of Anambra and Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last presidential election.
By Ebuka Nwankwo
There is no doubt that since May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic policy has had stabilizing effects on Nigeria’s macro-economy. The business elite, rating agencies and institutional investors can see the very impactful macroeconomic progress made in President Tinubu’s administration in the stability of the country’s currency, increased foreign reserve reported by the Central Bank of Nigeria (both net and gross reserves), increased crude oil exports, increased non-oil exports and productivity. But more work still needs to be done because at the micro-economic level (in everyday life) many Nigerians still feel economic hardship. This column believes that President Tinubu needs to stay the course as he is on track and would be able to solve the teething problems being experienced by everyday Nigerians as a result of his bold reforms. Though the task ahead looks daunting, there are indications that the President would get it right. Many leading economists also believe this and without these bold reforms by President Tinubu, Nigeria would have been bankrupt today.
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah
Peter Obi has done it again. The Labour Party’s former
presidential candidate has thrown the political space into another frenzy with
his recent declaration that he’ll serve only one term if elected in 2027. As
expected, politicians and armchair analysts are falling over themselves to
either praise this “statesmanlike” gesture or dismiss it as another campaign
gimmick.
By Auwal Ahmed Ibrahim, Goronyo
Sometimes, things happen in Nigeria like in a dream because everything in a dream is right without consciousness of priority and law of orders. For many times I had been asking myself, why in Nigeria we have less concern for the teachers, the givers of knowledge and the ladder for successes? When it comes to salary, teachers get peanuts, when it comes to the award of national honor lecturers and teachers are not considered. We are always outside of the door. So, in Nigeria teachers are not parts of the country's development? Nor in any part we are the building blocks of this great nation or the bricklayers of the strong walls of Nigeria? When there are many teachers and lectures who stood to their profession of imparting knowledge amidst terrorism and kidnapping. The records are there where teachers were kidnapped in classes or killed on their way to schools to teach.
Peter Obi has the best chance against
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 of all opposition candidates. Former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may have received a
slightly higher percentage of the votes (6.9 million or 29.1 percent) in the
last presidential election; still, that was poor for Atiku, a sixth-timer in
the presidential race.
BY OLU ALLEN
In the wake of Muhammadu Buhari’s death, Nigeria is not just witnessing the passing of a former president. It is watching the quiet disbanding — or perhaps the reshaping — of a formidable political cult: a loyal bloc of over 12 million Nigerians who saw Buhari not just as a politician, but as a moral archetype, a messianic figure.
BY OLU ALLEN
The 2027 elections are closing in, and in Abuja, a dangerous myth spreads: that Bola Tinubu’s grip is ironclad, the people cowed, the outcome predetermined. But power built on propaganda and patronage is a fragile empire. It can—and must—be toppled to reclaim Nigeria’s future.
By Kalu Okoronkwo
By any political barometer, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso,
former governor of Kano State and former Minister of Defense is not your
everyday Nigerian politician. He is a phenomenon, an institution built on
charisma, grassroots connection, and stubborn ideological defiance.
By Otega Ogra
Without mincing words, it is regrettable that Peter Obi, a former presidential candidate and ex-governor — whose own so-called ‘leadership’ record is permanently stained by one of Nigeria’s darkest chapters of police brutality under the disbanded Akwuzu SARS — seeks to lecture others on leadership and how to handle a tragedy.
By Festus Adedayo
Power politics in the animal kingdom could be as intense, deceptive and selfish as it is in the human kingdom. An ancient African allegory, whose patent cannot be credited to a particular tradition, illustrates this. It is the fable of an old forest warhorse, the lion. After years of feasting on animals, his mane soaked in their innocent blood, Old Lion became too senescent to haunt for games. Stricken with old age, diverse infirmities and unable to put food on his own table, the King decided to get food by subterfuge and trickery. Always by himself and soaked in myriad thoughts and stratagems for many nights and days, one day a thought sidled into his mind. He would pretend to be so infirm that he could not hunt and thus court ‘get well’ visits of other animals. He then got emissaries to broadcast his infirmity round and about the forest. As the message got to them, the animals debated the prospect of visiting him after the debilitating havoc he had wrecked on their peers and forebears. The majority of opinions supported paying the king of the jungle get-well-quick visits.
By Temidayo Akinsuyi
Last Sunday, the world celebrated Father’s Day. The role fathers play in the family, especially in matters relating to the security and safety of the household, cannot be overemphasised. That is the major responsibility of genuine, self-respecting fathers, not deadbeat ones who shirk their God-given responsibilities at the slightest opportunity. Fathers are often the first to jump into action when anything poses a threat or when someone in the family gets hurt. No matter what a father is doing, even if he is on a trip, the natural instinct is to rush home upon hearing that his family is in danger or under attack.
Governor Seyi Makinde’s proposed ₦63.4 billion renovation of the Oyo State Government House has ignited a wave of public backlash and provoked intense scrutiny of governance priorities. Coming into government in 2019 and projecting itself as a progressive administration committed to people-centered policies, Makinde’s administration already faced with land grabbing allegations now confronts accusations of misplaced priorities and governance detachment.
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