The gathering in Abuja on Thursday for the launch of General Ibrahim Babangida’s book was unarguably the most concentrated assemblage of high level political and business leaders in Nigeria in recent times. Present at the gathering were all five living past presidents and heads of state of Nigeria, though understandably, with the qualified presence of General Muhammadu […]

Nigerian music legend, Innocent Idiaba known with his several aliases has a trajectory that bears an uncanny resemblance to that of the Nigerian nation, if not, then in the instability of his romantic inclinations. The first thing that draws a comparison between Innocent Idiaba and Nigeria is that of an identity crisis. For any journalist following the […]

Pity the lot of Nigeria’s once formidable Peoples Democratic Party as it today wriggles in death throes. Given its well-known reputation as a bad mother, it is no surprise that some of the children of the PDP who rose to prominence on the platform have been quick to disown the party. Even worse, to poke […]

The sad commentary of political actors mortgaging good governance for the accumulation of political power has been the bane of Nigeria’s development. But that politicians would after trampling on the integrity of the nation’s democracy also subjugate the physical well-being of the citizenry to their intrigues is indeed befuddling. Unfortunately, Edo State in the immediate past and […]

Senator Ned Nwoko representing Delta North Senatorial District has triggered a bitter fight in the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta North Senatorial District with his long time political sparring partner and immediate predecessor in the Senate, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi. Given the inclinations of the two men no one expects the clash to be a […]

It was the founding chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Chekwas Okorie who in 2003 summarised the crisis that followed the kidnapping of Governor Chris Ngige by his erstwhile Anambra godfathers as what happens when thieves come to share their loot. Some would, however, think it inappropriate to condense the crisis between President […]

Perhaps nothing better reflects the despair of Nigerians than the decision of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF to hire the former Mali international Eric Chelle as coach for the Super Eagles. In a country that has progressed in error across many sectors and languished on account of the many divisions in the polity, it is still […]

Coming just after a visit to General Ibrahim Babangida, Mr Peter Obi at an early morning press conference on Thursday latched onto President Bola Tinubu in a way he has refrained from since  the last presidential election campaign. It was easy to speculate that the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate may have been emboldened by […]

It is doubtful that the families of the deceased would be interested in a case against Naomi 

One of the most distressing acts in the suppression of democratic expression since the advent of the Fourth Republic was the inconsiderate lock-out of 14 elected members of the Edo State House of Assembly in 2019. After winning their elections in the 2019 General Election, the 14 elected members were refused inauguration in an egregious […]