Having retired from politics, I can’t return to your party ―Obasanjo Tells PDP Leaders

Ex-Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday January 22, told leaders of Peoples Democratic Party who visited him that he can never return to the opposition party where he was elected as Nigeria’s President for two terms. Obasanjo renounced his membership of the party, when he fell out with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in the buildup […]

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“Not every lady associated with politics is loose, I never had illicit affair with anybody’s husband” ―Gov Obaseki’s media aide

Sarah Igunbor, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Political Liason (Digital Media) has reacted after someone allegedly attempted to tarnish her image. In a post addressed to the ‘drug addict’ on her Facebook page on Tuesday, September 14, Ms Igunbor debunked the misconception that all women in politics sleep around. She also […]

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Politics of The Nigerian Passport, By Simon Kolawole

When the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said it was suspending fresh passport applications in order to clear the backlog, the first question that jumped at me was: what is so difficult about this thing? Nigerians, home and abroad, have been going through hell to secure a document that should be steadily available. Maybe I have […]

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2019: A Brief Manual of Nigerian Politics, By Reuben Abati

The political primaries are scheduled to hold between this month and the next and definitely by the end of October 2018, the hustling and jostling in Nigeria’s political arena would have begun in full earnest. The elections will be held in February 2019. For the benefit of any outsider who may never have witnessed Nigeria’s […]

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Politics in the Season of Cholera, By Simon Kolawole

If you want to get Nigerians excited to the highest level, start a discussion on politics. Whip up sentimental discussions on our political divides and see adrenalin in action. Our collective ecstasy is best stimulated by political intrigues. We were created for rallies, defections, impeachments, permutations, all-night plotting and scheming. That is when you see […]

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