Tactical voting: How opposition can defeat Tinubu without a sole candidate, by Olu Fasan
This is authorial licence. I am writing about a subject on which I have no particular interest, by which I mean that I’m not rooting for any candidate in next year’s presidential election. However, I am fascinated by how the opposition parties have been “strategising” to unseat President Bola Tinubu, yet doing so in fits […]
Aso Rock and the solo flight to Eldorado, By Stephanie Shaakaa
When news broke that Aso Rock was going solar, a few clapped. Some saw it as a bold move toward sustainability
THE in Chinyere Bamigboye
By Emeka Obasi As the first governor of Kwara State, Brigadier David Laisi Bamigboye began the process of Reconciliation in 1967 long before Gen. Yakubu Gowon made the ‘No Victor, No Vanquished’ proclamation at the formal end of the Civil War on January 15, 1970. Bamigboye, then a 27 – year – old Major, had […]
Alia, Tinubu, and Yelewata, by Ugoji Egbujo
Father Alia is at his wits’ end. Under his watch, Benue has become a human abattoir, a slaughter field where hope bleeds out. As the sore he inherited festers and turns gangrenous under his nose, he dithers and waffles, unruffled. Alia’s phlegmatic calm mocks the screams of his people. While Benue, slashed and fractured, writhes in […]
Selfish and wicked children, by Francis Ewherido
Last Sunday was Father’s Day, but I was distracted. I felt like calling two people I had discussions with last week to find out if their sons also sent Happy Father’s Day wishes to them. The wishes would have been hollow rituals. They told me during the interactions which took place at different times that were thinking […]
2027: Why Shettima is in ‘trouble’, by Emmanuel Aziken
The circumstances surrounding Vice President Kashim Shettima over his prospects in the 2027 presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC are not surprising in Nigeria. Almost all sitting vice-presidents since the advent of the Fourth Republic with the notable exception of Namadi Sambo faced scrutiny on retaining their slots in the election for a second term. […]
