How not to read Governor Adeleke’s victory, by Rotimi Fasan
At dawn on Sunday, the 17th of August, Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke of the Accord Party had been announced as the winner of the governorship election that started less than twenty-four hours earlier. With just over half a million votes cast in his favour, the ebullient governor was returned to office for another four-year […]
The NBA’s hypocrisy, by Rotimi Fasan
When Mazi Afam Osigwe signed off on a press release in the name of the Nigerian Bar Association some days ago, he would appear to have spoken not only the mind of many Nigerians but also as an impartial arbiter. As the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, there is perhaps no other Nigerian better placed […]
The ADC crisis, by Rotimi Fasan
The ongoing leadership crisis in the African Democratic Congress was a disaster everyone who is a Nigerian saw coming. Everyone except those bent on reaping where they had neither sown nor watered. Some members of the party in fact read the writing on the wall and gave the impression they were prepared for any eventuality. They […]
Politics, terror and insecurity in the Middle Belt, by Rotimi Fasan
It has frequently happened across different parts of the North that new reports of similar incidents are simply being treated as pieces of information to be noted for whatever it is worth by whoever finds it useful while life goes on in the rest of the country. But cases of terrorists’ attacks are not mere incidents […]
Politics and its disguises, by Rotimi Fasan
Nigerians spent last weekend celebrating Eid el Fitri. As is to be expected in these times of heightened political activities, ahead of the party primaries and the emergence of candidates for various positions in next year’s general election, Nigerian politicians, it is emerging, used the period to strategise for the battles ahead. Religious festivals, conferment of […]
Tinubu’s state visit to the UK, by Rotimi Fasan
Yesterday President Bola Tinubu began a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom. He was received with his wife, Oluremi, by King Charles III at the Windsor Castle. It’s been nearly four decades, precisely 37 years, since the last Nigerian leader made a state visit to our colonial lords. That was Ibrahim Babangida, a military dictator […]
