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Born on 29 May 1926, former Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade turned 100 last Friday, making him the first West African leader in history to become a centenarian. But the remarkable story of Wade is not just about age. A long-time opposition leader, Wade ran for president four times in a period spanning 22 years, beginning in 1978, before […]
Continue Reading“Tinubu Must Go” protests took place in Port Harcourt on Monday, June 1, , with hundreds of residents, youths, and coalition leaders taking to the streets to demonstrate against soaring inflation, severe economic hardship, and government policies. Demonstrators carried placards and chanted slogans calling for the president to step down. See the video below: Happening live […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, Dele Oye, has lamented the unprecedented rise in public debt under the current administration, noting that the N65.9 trillion borrowed by the Bola Tinubu administration in the last 24 months exceeds more than five times the total debt Nigeria incurred in the first 55 years […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket with 10,999,967 votes, defeating his only rival, Stanley Osifo (16,504 votes) for the 2027 general elections. If you thought you knew where President Tinubu’s strongest political backing ought to come from, these 2026 APC primary figures might make you rethink everything. The North-west […]
Continue ReadingFor more than a year, a conscientious, cosmopolitan retired senior military officer from the North has told me that his worst fear for Nigeria is the prospect of terrorists and bandits from the North extending their bloodstained tentacles into Yorubaland. He said it would provoke the sort of communal convulsion that would take on a […]
Continue ReadingLeader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church (IESC), Primate Elijah Ayodele, has revealed that some important members of the international community will not support Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. In a statement signed by Osho Oluwatosin, his media aide, Primate Ayodele made it known that the president has all it takes to defeat the opposition parties, […]
Continue Reading“Where you have a warrior culture, you have heroes.” That is how the unusual character of Ibadan is explained on page 856 of Professor Toyin Falola’s 1,012-page history of the city. My eyes caught the line as I watched Saturday’s opposition political summit in the city. Opposition politics in Nigeria is post-apocalyptic, its script reads […]
Continue ReadingI was at Ada, Osun state, the other day, for the funeral ceremony of the founder and proprietor of the iconic Micom Golf and Hotel Resort, Prince Michael Ayantunde Ponle. Naturally, I went to commiserate with the widow, former deputy governor of Osun state and my admission officer at the faculty of social science, University […]
Continue ReadingAfrican Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned President Bola Tinubu to be concerned about a possible electoral defeat in 2027, saying that widespread hardship and worsening living conditions have eroded public confidence in his administration’s policies. The ADC, in a statement issued on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said Tinubu appears increasingly detached […]
Continue ReadingThe president and his party are obviously in a frenzy. The next election in 2027 seems like a last battle for them. The passcode in the country today which gives them away is ‘support Tinubu.’ It’s as if the president is an invalid on crutches needing support. No official speech ends without a word for […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement signed by its spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has called for the immediate resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Amupitan, over allegations of partisanship. The party said the emergence of a 2023 pro-Bola Ahmed Tinubu social media post allegedly linked to the INEC […]
Continue ReadingIt does not matter whether the excuse presidential aide Bayo Onanuga put up for his principal’s thoughtless remarks in Plateau State during his recent visit is true or not; the criticisms of Bola Tinubu’s goof are valid. Onanuga claimed Tinubu had to meet the attack victims of the Angwan Rukuba district of Jos North Local […]
Continue ReadingYou may resent Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but you can’t deny that he has earned his place in Nigerian political history as one of the, if not the, most consequential opposition figures in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. He constructed a carefully planned political and rhetorical template to oppose central governments effectively and then converted the symbolic capital […]
Continue ReadingNot up to 24 hours after President Tinubu stood at the Jos Plateau State airport on April 2, 2026, and promised the grieving Nigerian citizens, “I promise you that this experience will not repeat itself again,” another brutal attack occurred in Nyamgo Gyel, Jos South LGA, resulting in the deaths of several innocent citizens. From […]
Continue ReadingActivist and politician Yinka Odumakin’s 5th memorial lecture took place at Ikeja Lagos a few days ago, and many prominent activists like Femi Falana SAN, Omoyele Sowore, the Are Onakakanfo of Yoruba, Gani Adams; Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika SAN, president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajero; Richard Akinola, Fusika and many others were present. Falana and Gani […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, the Nigerian presidency has defended President Bola Tinubu’s decision to meet victims of the Plateau State killings at a hall adjoining the Yakubu Gowon Airport rather than driving into Jos township, citing flight restrictions and logistical constraints as the reasons for the arrangement. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s Thursday visit to Jos, the Plateau State capital, alleging that the president failed to visit the sites of recent killings and instead remained within the confines of the airport. In a statement released on Thursday evening, Atiku’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, described […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has officially requested Nigerian Senate approval for the sum of $8,699,168,559 and €100 million in the 2022 – 2024 borrowing plan. Godswill Akpabio, president of the Senate, read Tinubu’s letter at plenary on Tuesday, according to Nigerian Tribune. Findings revealed that the immediate past administration approved the borrowing plan at its Federal […]
Continue ReadingAlthough structural, political, and economic conditions appear to constrain any credibly concerted impediment to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 reelection chances, at least from my admittedly imperfect reading of the auguries, Tinubu still seems so insecure that he is borrowing a leaf from former Head of State Sani Abacha, his arch enemy, to annihilate the […]
Continue ReadingThe Tick On The Scrotum: It’s a situation that begs for denouement, not prosecution or persecution at that. Nasir El-Rufai is a tick on President Bola Tinubu’s scrotum. You don’t swat it. You gently maneuver it out of its sensitive perch. It’s a no-brainer that you may crush your vital organ beyond repairs if you […]
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