Gov Alex Otti’s “exit” plan controversy, by Ochereome Nnanna
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti (OFR), recently got tongues wagging when he, once again, averred that at the end of his tenure he would hand over and disappear from politics. He harped on the need to give the youth a chance to lead, affirming that there are young people who are more intelligent, qualified, […]
Why Atiku Abubakar will never be president (1), by Ochereome Nnanna
Former Vice President and Waziri of Adamawa, Atiku Abubakar, will never be President of Nigeria, unless some unforeseen miracle happens. Having tracked his political odyssey as a reporter and columnist since his 1992 debut under the tutelage of the late Major General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua’s People’s Democratic Movement, PDM, I have isolated two terminal character flaws […]
Arewa leaders’ morbid self-entitlement, by Ochereome Nnanna
The North of Nigeria is a land of paradoxes that have finally turned poisonous. It is a region that organises and meets more fervently and asserts its political will more aggressively than any other part of the federation. From the Northern State Governors Forum, NSGF, to the Northern Elders Forum, NEF; Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF; and […]
APC’s personal INEC Chair? By Ochereome Nnanna
Every new helmsman at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, deserves a window of time to demonstrate their worth before the gavel of public opinion falls. We have seen, throughout the convoluted arc of our national history, that the character of a Chief Electoral Umpire can become the pivot upon which our democracy turns. Character is […]
Terrorists are my enemies, not “brothers”, by Ochereome Nnanna
For me, the legacy of the late President Muhammadu Buhari remains the most profound failure of Nigerian leadership. It was a tenure defined by a litany of institutional abuses. Chief among these was Operation Safe Corridor, OPSC. Initiated almost as soon as he touched the levers of power in May 2015 and fully activated by September […]
Sowore’s rough tackle on Gov. Otti, by Ochereome Nnanna
Some weeks ago, activist Omoyele Sowore, joined a group of protesters in Aba, the commercial heart of Abia State, to call for the release of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. His presence and those of other non-Igbo elements were highly appreciated. But he threw that visit into a cloud with the tag […]
