Akeredolu and Parable of Onirese
I am personally scandalised by the news coming from Ondo State about Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and the state of his...
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Tinubu: One Week After
President Bola Tinubu Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria’s President since May 29 2023, once said that his lifelong ambition was...
May Tinubu Never Need Our Pity
“From tomorrow, don't pity me. I applied for the job, I campaigned for it, and I got the job, no...
Options before Tinubu and His Critics
The Friday May 26 2023 Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal by the People’s Democratic Party seeking the disqualification of...
Why Distilling Buhari’s Legacy May Not Be That Straight Forward
Leadership, especially in a fractious country like ours, is not easy. Jeff Boss, an executive coach and author of the...
Buhari’s Legacy: Nothing is Left After Buhari
The Benin people of Edo State salute themselves as Ugievbudu (someone with a bold heart). Two Benin indigenes spoke about...
Legitimacy and the Incoming Government
IRRESPECTIVE of who eventually becomes the President, the person will face a huge legitimacy crisis from a big swathe of...
Tinubu, Melaye and Witches of politics
The president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a lucky man. Next to him in luck is Senator Dino Melaye, the PDP...
Agenda for incoming Government in the War against Insurgency, Terrorism and Banditry
It was a great privilege to be invited as one of the three keynote speakers on a security management symposium...
Mike Adenuga: What I Saw
My first and only physical encounter, at least at a close range, with the Great Guru was on Tuesday, August...
That Apology from the President
What is the value of an apology offered by a country’s ruler to its citizens? More importantly, what does the...
Lessons from Adamawa
If INEC learnt anything from the highly contentious Presidential and National Assembly elections of 25 February 2023 and the 18...
Soyinka, Chimamanda and Obi-Dients: When Does Opinion Cross the Line?
In recent weeks Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, multiple award winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie, and supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential...
Dousing political tension in the land
Elections everywhere tend to be divisive. This is because mobilization of support hinges on a successful creation of a simplistic...
Calls for Interim Government are mere expressions of frustrations with our democracy
Recently the political space has been further heated by the narrative from the Tinubu camp that some people are ‘plotting’...
Lagos and the Politics of Nativism
The violence, aggressive voter suppression and Igbophobia that characterized the 25 February 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections and the...
Deconstructing the ‘Obi Phenomenon’ (11)
Did Obi’s candidacy take votes that would have gone to the PDP? The answer to this is not as straight...
Why is Emi l’okan afraid of Awa l’okan in Lagos?
Someone staked his claim to the presidency of Nigeria with the audacious slogan of Emi L'okan (it is my turn)....
Deconstructing the ‘Obi Phenomenon’ (1)
One of the most defining features of the current election cycle is the rise of former Anambra State Governor, Peter...
Tinubu And My Journey To ‘Exile’
The election of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president of Nigeria has thrown up some interesting topics, one of which is...
On The Path to a New Nigeria?
A child, in his cradle, was interviewed after voting in Kano State, last Saturday. He showed his interviewers the N1,...
The South As In-law Of A Strong Man
The presidential election is four days away. The contest for the remaining fraction of the soul of Nigeria is right...
A Telephone Call from An Old Slave
While on the streets, Aborogi presents himself as a gentle, cordial, and amiable Ara Orun (heavenly being). He holds no...
Buhari, Who Is In Charge Here?
Two music icons; same genre of music. They belonged to the Old Mid-West region, later Bendel state, before they went...
Tinubu And The Ways Of The Wasp
There are two insects in Yoruba cosmology that are similar. But they are very distinct. One is oyin (Bee). The...
Between Atta Ebira and Ohinoyi of Ebiraland
In our elementary History classes, we were told of three different Attas. One of them is Atta of Ayede Ekiti....
Celebrating Buhari, Nigeria’s Man of Peace
Naira Marley. Where is he now? For those who don't know him; Naira Marley is one of the best street...
My Magun Experience
There was a funeral ceremony in the neighbourhood. Guests came from Lagos and other big cities. One of the guests,...
Obasanjo And His Worth
By Suyi Ayodele Olusegun Obasanjo publicly endorsed Peter Obi for president on New Year’s Day and the Emi Lokan people...
Metaphors of Belligerence: Wars by and against Nature
Metaphor consists in giving the thing a name that belongs to something else. Aristotle, Poetics (1457b) It all seemed...
