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The nationwide protest organised by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) over the Ogbomoso school abductions is a welcome development. And for many reasons. For one, newspapers are giving the abductions more front-page treatment. In a country perpetually consumed by politics, where electioneering is what we live for, the diversion of media focus to the […]
Continue ReadingHere we go again: the next presidential election is set to be a re-enactment of the 2023 fixture. It was a three-way fight involving Candidates Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party — with an honourable mention of […]
Continue ReadingHave you been following recent events in Kwara state? You don’t know what you are missing. As the 2027 elections draw near, the north-central state is shaping up for another round of the unfinished heavyweight bout between Mr AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Dr Bukola Saraki. I can bet my laptop that both men will throw everything, […]
Continue ReadingThere you have it. In an interview with ARISE TV on Wednesday, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar confirmed the worst-kept secret in politics: that he is going to join the 2027 presidential race. The former vice-president, the driving force behind adopting the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the platform to rally the opposition against the All Progressives […]
Continue ReadingIt has happened again. On Sunday, March 30, another round of killings was unleashed on Plateau state. Since September 2001, “Plateau state” and “killings” have so often appeared in the same sentence, usually next to each other. Different estimates suggest that over 50,000 deaths have been recorded between then and now. The September 2001 crisis […]
Continue ReadingYou must have heard that the Electoral Act, 2026 (EA 2026) has removed certificate forgery as the basis to challenge the outcome of an election at the tribunal. Someone drew my attention to it a while ago and my first instinct was to doubt it. You cannot blame me. My training as a journalist — […]
Continue ReadingAnybody who knows me well will be aware of my cynicism about Nigerian politics and politicians. For the life of me, I do not believe most of our politicians care about democracy or development. Their bellies are their God. There was a time in my life when I believed our politicians said and did things […]
Continue ReadingIs the All Progressives Congress (APC) the new MTN? Everywhere you go, it is APC. This would have been funny if not that we are discussing the state of party politics in Nigeria, where 31 out of 36 governors are now fully nestled in the ruling party. Although Senator Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, […]
Continue ReadingThe February 21 elections into the six councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) left me scratching my head on many counts. The All Progressives Congress (APC) won five of the chairmanship positions, leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with one. In 2022, the PDP and APC won three apiece. The African Democratic Congress (ADC), […]
Continue ReadingLet me say it upfront: I am 100 percent in support of anything that will improve the quality and credibility of elections in Nigeria. Therefore, I am in support of electronic transmission of election results. It can be of great help in the evolution of our democracy, particularly in the quest for credible elections. For […]
Continue ReadingOne of the most amazing things about Nigerian politics is how a tiny rumour develops wings and flies around the ecosystem, nestling in the minds of the people and gaining significant media mileage in no time. President Bola Tinubu had hardly been inaugurated in 2023 when rumours started gushing out that he had become estranged […]
Continue ReadingWhen President Bola Tinubu sent an extravagant message to Mr Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state, on his 50th birthday last year, I shook my head in disbelief and despair. My mind went straight to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which had spent enormous time and energy investigating Bello. It is also […]
Continue ReadingThose of us who love competitive democracy can only take a positive view of the defection of Mr Peter Obi to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the platform adopted by key opposition figures for the 2027 elections after the cannibalisation and factionalisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party by a blend […]
Continue ReadingWhen news broke that Anthony Joshua, a former world boxing champion, was involved in a crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, many things went through my head simultaneously. Was he driving? Was he speeding? Did a trailer ram into his car? Was he trying to avoid a pothole? My head was spinning. The initial stories were […]
Continue ReadingAfter reading my article on the failed coup in Benin Republic, a friend sent me a series of chats via WhatsApp. He wrote: “As much as I agree with your piece on military rule, African presidents are shrinking the democratic space in most countries. Even before the coup, most of President Patrice Talon’s opponents were in jail. It is even worse in Tanzania. In Nigeria, opposition […]
Continue ReadingYou should have seen my face when news broke last Sunday that some soldiers had announced the overthrow of President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin. Apart from the fact that as a Nigerian, I still have some PTSD from the military era, Benin has been one of the more stable democracies in West […]
Continue ReadingIn the words of an anonymous author, “I love politics. It’s politicians I can’t stand.” Alas, there can’t be politics without politicians. I have watched, in horror, the conduct of Nigerian politicians in the last 26 years and I have been thoroughly appalled at the way they play dirty politics with everything under the sun. […]
Continue ReadingWhen I saw the video of Chief Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), engaging a soldier in a shouting match, my mind raced back to an experience I had some time in 2010. Fuel tankers used to block the road in front of THISDAY offices at Creek Road, Apapa, Lagos state, making […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump has finally created space for Nigeria in his busy schedule. “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who […]
Continue ReadingOn December 25, 2011, when the Boko Haram terrorists bombed St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger state, killing 37 worshippers, did you view it as an act of genocide against Nigerian Christians? Yes? No? On November 28, 2014, when they hit the Great Mosque of Kano during Juma’at prayers, killing over 100 worshippers, did […]
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