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 […]
Okowa is the best Vice Presidential candidate
“The Vice President is a heartbeat away from the Presidency.” That still remains the conventional wisdom in the US despite the fact that John Adams, America’s first Vice President, once said that “the Vice Presidency is the most insignificant office ever the invention of men contrived or his imagination conceived.” Our own Dr Ezeife called him “a spare tyre”.
You can go now Mr President
“I am eager to go. I can tell you, it has been tough. I am grateful to God that people appreciate the personal sacrifices we have been making. I wish the person after me the very best” – President Buhari, Monday, July 11, 2022.
Why Sanwo-Olu deserves a second term
Why Sanwo-Olu deserves a second term
Outgoing President as serial betrayer
Outgoing President as serial betrayer
Nigerian voters on the horns of several dilemmas (1)
By Dele Sobowale “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, in the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side” – James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891 (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, P 254). Nigerians voters, especially the educated and more enlightened, have never been placed in such dilemmas as we […]
NDAN dying: Print media also means death of news
By Dele Sobowale “Were it left to me whether to have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter” – Thomas Jefferson, US President, 1743-1826. All Nigerians alive today and old enough to be conscious of our predicament as a nation are beginning to […]
APC: Another prophecy coming true
By Dele Sobowale “A political party deserves the approbation of [Nigerians] only as it represents the ideals, the aspirations and the hopes of [Nigerians]. If it is anything else, it is merely a conspiracy to seize power” – US President Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969, November 7, 1956. Is there a political party in Nigeria today called […]
2023: APC Yoruba aspirants want to reap without sowing (2)
In many ways, each of them is worthy of consideration by the Yoruba people. But, each time I meet a Yoruba person, female, male, young or old, and the question is asked: What do you think the Yoruba people gained from being in APC?, the answer invariably is: “Nothing”.
2023:Yoruba APC candidates want to reap without sowing
By Dele Sobowale “You reap what you sow.” A foreigner just arriving in Nigeria, and learning about the six zones of our political system, must assume that Yorubaland is the second most favoured zone under the All Progressives Congress, APC. A casual glance at the list of occupants of elected and appointed officials would seem to […]
Buharitocracy versus Banditocracy
By Dele Sobowale “There are two forces in the world; the sword and the pen. In the end, the pen will overcome the sword” -Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821. That was true, and is still a fact, of the civilised world. But, this is Africa, the Dark Continent; and this is Nigeria, the biggest of all dark races on […]
