Jonathan as Tinubu’s toughest challenger, by Dele Sobowale
‘2027: Jonathan Weighs ADC Option Amid Comeback Reports’ – News Report, October 5, 2025. “All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies” – Dr John Arbuthnot, 1667-1735. Former President Jonathan is the toughest opponent President Tinubu can face in 2027. The other leading contenders have serious problems deciding who will be presidential or […]
Palliatives = Two cups of grains, By Dele Sobowale
It is easier and better for all of us to bear in mind what is on offer – in case we are called upon to come and collect our own share of the palliatives. We should have an idea of what we are going to get; in exchange for all the inconveniences as well as risks to life and limbs going there.
Forget palliatives, fend for yourself, By Dele Sobowale
“There are no desperate situations; only desperate men” – Joseph Goebbels, 1897-1945, Hitler’s propaganda chief Tinubu is the most desperate man in Nigeria today; and possibly the most desperate President on Earth right now. I read at least three books on the last days of Adolf Hitler, 1899-1945, and some of what Nigerians are experiencing […]
BABANGIDA AT 82: Comparative analysis of governance, By Dele Sobowale
“There is a time in the affairs of governments when deadlock becomes total and ordinary human agencies are impotent to deal with the situation” – Harold Wilson, 1916-1995, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 81. Great Britain was caught in an economic quagmire similar to what Nigeria is now experiencing when the late British Prime […]
NIGER: Tinubu, ‘Commander-in-Chief’ without ‘troops’, By Dele Sobowale
“The worst thing that can happen to a leader is to look back; and find that nobody is following” – US President Lyndon B Johnson, 1908-1973. Talk is cheap. Nigeria is not Lagos. Presidents don’t talk first and think later. Those are three pieces of advice President Bola Tinubu should bear in mind whenever making […]
Tinubu versus Buhari war started earlier than expected, By Dele Sobowale
“It is quite impossible for those who want to gain power to avoid getting rid of those who are most likely to form the opposition” – Critias, 404 BC, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 196. In addition to those in opposition, power-grabbers abhor those likely to form a rival source of allegiance by the […]
