My very smart PDP friends say Goodluck Jonathan lost the 2015 election the day he forced those five out-of-seven “rebel” governors out of the party in 2013. (“…lost the 2015 …
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I have followed the countdown to the 2015 presidential election and the final emergence of the two dominant candidates for the election. Several months earlier, the election was narrowed down …
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An opposition party represents an alternative government and is responsible for challenging the policies of the government and producing different policies where appropriate. Dr. Asnake Kefale, a politics professor at …
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The year 1983 was truly a significant year in the history of mankind. It was an epoch making year – January 1 to be precise was the month in that …
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This article is, to a great extent, inspired by the interview with the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Reverend Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, published in the January 23 edition of ‘Daily …
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I want to use this medium to unequivocally apologize on behalf of the good people of Ekiti State to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the good people of Nigeria for the …
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Contrary to the mirth some later day revisionists peddle around these days, Buhari was very active in the coup that ousted the Shagari democratic government. In fact, Ebenezer Babatope wrote …
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Politics is the soul of leadership and the art of government. It is a game with many colours that has outlived generations and has become the only gateway to power …
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For the first time in my life I am finding it very, very hard to write. This intellectual anaemia has nothing to do with my inability to find something to …
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Happy New Year, everyone. Well, the biggest game in town this year is the February 14 presidential election. The choices are stark I’m afraid – President Jonathan or General Buhari. …
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Upon assuming office in May this year, General Muhammadu Buhari will place a call to the President of Niger Republic – Mahamadou Issoufou – and explain to him that Nigeria …
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When people air their opinions on vital issues or rebuke and admonish groups, individuals or politicians, the affected persons sometimes ignore or reply with a popular phrase, “people are entitled …
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Both the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress appear to have settled on obfuscation as the name of the game in this election season. Both parties, and the …
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In many nations, whenever it is felt that hard times have befallen a people, elections represent a real opportunity for contemplating a variety of options. Voters become relatively more attuned, …
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As part of the electoral requirements before elections, political parties through their party delegates conduct primary elections in all the states to elect candidates that will represent their parties in …
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I am a bit lost, in fact more than lost. I am aghast at the inanity and lack of decorum being spread around by the supposedly “educated” Nigerians, just because …