Avoidable distractions on the political trail, by Rotimi Fasan
When one observes the actions and utterances of Nigeria’s political actors, their habit of moving in circles, and the people’s preference for sensationalism over substance, it becomes clear why we are not making progress politically. We are back again where we were. We are in the campaign season, and the discourses of our engagement are […]
El-Rufai wanted and begged to be arrested, by Rotimi Fasan
Well before he arrived Nigeria from Egypt, Nasir el-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna State and frontline promoter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, the new political home of the major opposition figures that have sworn to unseat President Bola Tinubu, had announced that he would be arrested upon arrival in the country. More than a […]
Real time electronic transmission of results is a judicial ambush, by Rotimi Fasan
Some opposition politicians, their supporters and other actors in the civic space on Monday made their way to the National Assembly in protest. They were unhappy that the Senate leadership rejected, as they claim, the position of the majority of the legislators that the results of the forthcoming 2027 elections should be mandatorily transmitted electronically in […]
It was not a coup but a planned bloodbath, by Rotimi Fasan
The sometimes-careless manner it reports without bothering to admit its errors probably did it for me. But when Sahara Reporters broke the news of a foiled coup, I didn’t pay it serious attention. The fact that no other mainstream medium followed its lead was a red flag. Premium Times, as I recall it, later followed up […]
Who are those still sitting at home in Anambra? By Rotimi Fasan
Separatist agitators, politicians who benefit from their divisive politics and others filled with a permanent sense of grievance against other Nigerians and the Nigerian state, have been up in arms against Governor Charles Soludo. He ordered the closure of the main market in Onitsha for an additional one week after traders in the market observed the […]
The separatists pretend Nigeria hates the Igbo, by Rotimi Fasan
Three major occurrences that could have further complicated the parlous state of Nigeria’s economic and political situation occurred between October and December, 2025. It started when Donald Trump suddenly designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern for the persecution of Christians in the Middle Belt of the country. Coming shortly after Abuja had quietly laid […]
