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The editorial board of THISDAY newspaper on Monday hosted the flagbearer of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi in continuation of our presidential dialogue series. After the session, we all came out for group photograph, just as we did when we hosted the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in […]
Continue ReadingOvation publisher Chief Dele Momodu popularized the expression “owners of Nigeria” to denote a coterie of power brokers and traffickers of influence who habitually sit in conclave to teleguide the choice of political leaders, particularly presidents, and to whom everyday Nigerians are helpless political captives. Although they peddle influence and engage in elitist exclusion, “owners […]
Continue ReadingBroken in every bone, life hangs by the thread for 62-year-old comatose patient, Nigeria, inside the intensive care unit of the decrepit Ass-o-Rock hospital, Abuja, where it nurses diseased kidneys, liver cirrhosis and an enlarged heart while the Chief Physician, Dr M. Buhari, stands by with a shroud, clutching a book entitled, ‘From national hero […]
Continue ReadingThe three leading presidential candidates in the 25th February 2023 Nigerian presidential election, Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, took their campaign ‘fight’ to Nigerians in the United States. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the support groups for Messrs Abubakar, Obi and Tinubu converged on New York at the Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingBefore the 1999 presidential primaries, crisis engulfed the All Peoples Party (now part of the All Progressives Congress, APC) over the ambition of the late Dr Olusola Saraki. He was bent on running even though the slot had been zoned to the south. The late Chief Arthur Nzeribe, who played a major role in the […]
Continue ReadingA survey conducted this month (September) by Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Polls and commissioned by the Atedo N. A. Peterside (ANAP) Foundation has shown that Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) would win if Nigeria’s presidential election was held today. Nigeria’s presidential elections will hold in February 2023. The survey which described Rabiu Kwankwaso of […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, I come in peace. According to the Holy Bible: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God…” Matthew 5:9. The political party I belong to is PDP. I had contested its Presidential Primary months ago but lost spectacularly. I’m not here to offer excuses about what happened or did […]
Continue ReadingFinally, the month is here. September is Nigeria’s presidential campaign flag-off, preparatory to the February 2023 election. It is a season to witness the ascendancy of a massive, multi-billion Naira campaign industry which rivals the national budget. So, how will Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and presidential candidates of other political parties in Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingNyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor, on Friday, said his team was more interested in a better Nigeria, and they are consulting widely with those who mean well for the country. Wike, in company of the governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, spoke when he interacted with journalists […]
Continue ReadingAt the annual Nigerian Bar Association conference, several presidential candidates presented their respective agendas to the public. The Tuesday event was one of the few moments in this electioneering season when we will hear anything close to “issue-based” campaigns. By next month, when electioneering kicks off officially, one can expect to be assailed with a […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi as well as the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kassim Shettima, on Monday graced the current Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) annual conference in Lagos, Nigeria, where they respectively decried the state of the […]
Continue ReadingTuesday, a band of terrorists laid an ambush for President Muhammadu Buhari on his way to Daura for holiday. The President’s advanced convoy was corralled. Before the smokes from that gunbattle simmered, another terrorist attack was reported Wednesday morning. Hoodlums raided a huge prison hold in Kuje, freeing hundreds of criminals serving time. The mean […]
Continue ReadingFor a long time, Nigeria has bandied around what has amounted to a myth that whoever seeks the presidency hardly gets it. Historical observers have variously posited that what we have almost always had are “accidental” presidents—men reluctant to step out for leadership roles but who somehow, through whimsical engineering of fate, find the presidency […]
Continue ReadingDisappointment was powdered on the faces of many of the young people around me when Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo did not win the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). To them, Osinbajo was one candidate they could connect with: articulate, urbane, agile and modern. One who is connected to the ordinary Nigerian — he […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer, songwriter, television presenter, publisher, producer and activist, Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy has said he will leave Nigeria if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar or the All Progressives Congress (APC), candidate, Bola Tinubu emerges winner of the 2023 general election. Tinubu polled a total of 1,271 votes […]
Continue ReadingI cannot remember how many times former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has contested to be president of Nigeria. Or the number of party platforms he has crisscrossed over a period of three decades in pursuit of his ambition. But I do remember his first attempt in 1993 when I witnessed the high drama in Jos as a young reporter covering the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) […]
Continue ReadingAgain, the former Nigerian vice-president and serial presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku emerged as a candidate at the end of the presidential primary after polling 371 votes, defeating the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, who scored 237 votes. Other aspirants […]
Continue ReadingIn his recent THISDAY column “The Pendulum” veteran journalist and politician Dele Momodu had advised Atiku Abubakar not to contest the 2023 presidential election because age is not on his side. Momodu also advised Atiku and members of his “giatric (sic) generation” to step aside for non-career politicians and youths in 2023. Again, he stressed […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, let me say categorically that anyone who has followed me closely would have noticed my admiration for the Wazirin Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Of all the political leaders in their mid-seventies, he is my favourite, for very cogent reasons, as I shall explain briefly. From being a former high-ranking officer of the much […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Vice President, Mr. Abubakar Atiku has scored the administration, led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo high on the economy, as Nigerians go into stock-taking mode on the nation’s fortunes after 60 years of independence, Mr. Atiku was obviously reacting to the Independence Day speech by President Muhammadu Buhari, where he said, “No government […]
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