By Donu Kogbara WHEN Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank Governor, decided to join the crowd of aspirants who are jostling to replace President Buhari next year, we were told that his expression of interest form (going price N100 million) was bought from the APC Secretariat by grateful rice farmers who benefitted from his allegedly marvellous […]

By Donu Kogbara JUSTICE Mary Ukaego Peter-Odili turned 70, yesterday, and retired from the Supreme Court after a long and distinguished legal career. In addition to thanking and praising her devoted husband, Dr Peter Odili, former Governor of Rivers State – as well as the current Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, and several mentors, professional colleagues, […]

By Donu Kogbara TWO videos are doing the rounds in numerous online fora. One features Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, the spokesman for the Northern Elders Forum, saying (at a public lecture last year, apparently) that his region possesses the numerical strength to determine who will follow President Muhammadu Buhari and that “the heavens will not […]

By Donu Kogbara WHEREVER I go nowadays – social gatherings, work events, etc – I ask the people I meet which of the many presidential aspirants they prefer; and the answer is almost always “Osinbajo or Peter Obi”. And though some of those I have spoken to say that they don’t find Obi/Osinbajo as particularly […]

By Donu Kogbara THE nation is heading towards primaries at which every political party will select its presidential candidate (the Independent National Electoral Commission – INEC – has decreed that this selection process must be completed by early June). Last week, I focused on the most senior presidential hopeful, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (who had […]