Perspectives
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The new 3rd force and life after 2023, By Tolu Ogunlesi
One of the most important questions that we will face in 2023 is this: what will become of the 3rd Force if they lose the Presidential election. How will they deal with it, and to what new ends will the impressive civic energy and enthusiasm and political awareness be deployed? It’s all very interesting to see a new generation of…
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Sanwo-olu: The giant strides of a true performer, By Babajide Fadoju
In just two years, Governor Babajide Sanwoolu has taken governance to a whole new level; this is not mere hearsay or an exaggerated statement to give him an edge over past governors or future governors. This is a statement made out of facts. How did he successfully touch every sector within such a short time frame intentionally involving both young…
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A word for Army Chief on Turji Bello, By Yemi Adebowale
Last December, a bus loaded with travellers was set on fire by terrorists with gunshots at Gidan Bawa village, Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. No fewer than 23 people died in that attack. The terror group that carried out that dastardly act is led by Muhammad “Turji” Bello. Till date, security agents have not apprehended these murderers. Turji…
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Atiku’s strategy, By Segun Ayobolu
He is a battle tested politician who is not unfamiliar with the complex intrigues and manoeuvrings of party and electoral competition. It is thus surprising that the campaign of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, continues to be dogged by some of the poor decision making that plagued his earlier failed attempts to be…
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Atiku and his infrastructure plan, By Temitope Ajayi
In his policy document christened ‘My Covenant with Nigerians,’ former Vice President and PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, outlines his Infrastructure Agenda, detailing his plan to create a Special Fund to accelerate investments in critical infrastructure. Going through the so-called plan, it is crystal clear that the Waziri Adamawa is completely out of tune with the nation’s socio-economic trajectory in…
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Back on the political beat, Bolaji Adebiyi
The electioneering is here at last and politicians are about to storm the populace with their usual promises to provide heaven on earth. The veil was lifted on Wednesday by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the election management body empowered by law, to regulate electoral contests in the polity. Mahmood Yakubu, its chairman, had at several fora, including the Editors’…
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I miss the South East we used to know
Each time I read of killings by gunmen in the South East, I go into the doldrums. I get mortified by the sheer waste of precious lives, the wantonness, malevolence and viciousness of it all. And I mean killings on both sides. The innocent law enforcement agents, mowed down in cold blood, and the misguided, brainwashed gunmen, who more often…
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As campaign ‘23 begins… By Mazi Abe Idris
Without doubt, Obidient is a movement, a force that is currently rocking the political landscape of Nigeria. Sowore’s “Take it Back” also started out as a revolution movement, that finally petered out to a meager 33,353 votes, out of a collated 28,614,190 million votes. The much touted “third force” could only muster less than 1% of votes cast in 2019.…
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Ogun: That PDP/APM power-sharing deal
By Seyi Bakare Long before the fall of Nigeria’s First Republic, the inimitable poet Christopher Okigbo deplored the rapacity, chicanery and primitive acquisitiveness widespread among Nigerian politicians. In A man of the People, a novel that proved quite prophetic, Chinua Achebe had equally signposted the implications of the politicians’ massive corruption and betrayal of the people and their quest for…
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The Igbo dilemma in Nigeria’s current political dispensation, By Chimaroke Nnamani
When faced with times like these. Proverbial Fish bone in the throat. Do you regurgitate? Or use a morsel of foo foo to push it down. The tragedy of a Grandma with a broken waist. How do you lift her? 16 years straight Northern rule of Multi Ethnic Nigeria.There are 250 ethnic groups and double that, 500 language groups in…
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