NIGERIAN elections and Nigerian marriages have a lot in common. Both should be sacrosanct. They are conducted with pomp and…
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THIS is a fitting tribute to a significant lawyer, an original inhabitant of Abuja who fought and conquered even President…
SOMETIMES it feels like we have been childhood friends. That we have known each other forever. For over 30 years…
FEW days back, while I was reminiscing over the victory of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, in Kano, and…
THIS general advice to every elected Governor, was first published on May 27, 2019. I feel the need to republish…
THE president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, last week played a fast one on political watchers when he said that he had…
AS we await results of the gubernatorial and state assembly elections results despite disruptions and eruptions triggered by political desperados…
THE Gubernatorial and state houses of assembly elections have come and gone in most states. Unfortunately in some states it…
RECENT developments in our polity have proved once again that our strongman mentality rather than strong institutions has rubbed off…
FOR the third time since 1999, I voted at a general election on February 25 and did so without much…
KANO is facing a heavy political storm, that could make or mar the future of the state, depending on the…
THIS was first published on 20/08/2018 but it is still relevant, more so now that the presidential election held on…
THE year 2023 is just three months old but two names that have had much impact on Nigerians in such…
THERE is an urgent need for the president’s men, officers and officials of the federal government to remind our President…
A CRITICAL element of the 2023 general election is the intensity and electricity of the Nigerian youths’ participation in the electoral process.…
TRYING to fit him into a mold can be sometimes problematic. I have always thought of him as a teacher…
THE 2023 presidential election has come and gone. It is now time to do a postscript and examine issues that…
THE last presidential and National Assembly election was as crucial to our democracy as it was controversial. A lot was riding on…
MAI Mala Buni, the governor of Yobe State, is one of the most promising visionary nationalists, bridge-builders and democrats we…
By Martins Oloja I WOULD like to share another ‘Message of Hope’. I wrote on this when the youth who…