Perspectives
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ANALYSIS: Is Buhari leading APC on the right track?
Before jetting out to Spain on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari threw a bombshell; he wants to be the sole person to pick the candidate of his All Progressives Congress (APC) to slug it out with the opposition parties in the 2023 presidential race. However, the president put it in a more arrogant way, when he addressed the Progressive Governors Forum…
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Presidential primaries: The true lies about delegates, Bamidele Johnson
Back when he was lucid, the late Majek Fashek sang-to no public disapproval-“Religion na politics”. I do not remember the theme or lyrics of the song well enough to be certain if it also contains a claim that both are eminently capable of scrambling the heads and minds of people involved in either or both. No matter. I am of…
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The bazaar, By Sam Omatseye
It is the way of the race. Just as Apostle Paul says, all run but only one receives the prize. But what prize? At what price? The view is now rife that the PDP ticket, in the words of Paul again, was a corruptible prize. For Paul, only the prize of heaven is without blemish. Even the UEFA Champions final…
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Let us return Nigeria to their rightful owners, By Peter Obi
I thank Nigerians; especially members of the Labour Party who have gathered here since yesterday to partake in the primaries to choose the person that will fly Labour flag in the forthcoming National election to choose the President of Nigeria. History beckons. Nigerians remain hopeful for a national rebirth, which implies returning Nigeria to Nigerians – farmers, teachers and students,…
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So, who’s Pastor Tunde Bakare? By Rotimi Fashakin
I did not know him closely before 2011. I had always seen him as an iconic, fiery preacher of righteousness. But in 2010, he stepped down from the pulpit and joined partisan politics. On the invitation of General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB), he became the Vice presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) for the April 16, 2011 presidential…
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What really is Tinubu’s sin? By Kayode Adebiyi
I want to seriously address an issue today. This write up I am directing mostly to Yorubas and Nigerian citizens from the southern part of Nigeria. I have never had any problem with people making a choice of who they want to support for an elective position. I believe as human beings, it is our inalienable right as a homo…
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What is really wrong with Muslim-Muslim ticket? By Temitope Ajayi
Interesting thing is those arguing against possible Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket are vigorously selling a Pastor as the Presidential candidate. For them the North, being largely conservative Muslims, will accept a Southern Pastor as President but will reject a Northern Christian as Vice President. These people also assume there are no acceptable Northern Christian politician that can appeal to the core…
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Bayo Onanuga: One of the very last good ones, By Odolaye Aremu
Bayo Onanuga’s letter to Atiku Abubakar – the PDP Presidential primary winner at the just concluded event over the weekend is thoughtful. It may well turn out to be the game changer, peradventure Tinubu makes it all the way to Aso Rock. Bayo, sadly is one of the last breed of journalists from the sane era. The sane era was…
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Beyond Delegates and Monetised Politics, By Waziri Adio
The primaries of the two dominant parties, as expected, have served us generous portions of tragi-comic entertainment. And we are in for more concentrated political theatre, courtesy of the last-minute, six-day extension by the electoral management body. So, brace up for more suspense and, possibly, more shocks. As we move into the last segment and get ready for an unusually…
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Jonathan and the APC primaries, By Abisogun Martins
That, from all indications, former President Goodluck Jonathan is even contemplating running for President next year on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) speaks volumes about grave deficiencies in his character and moral integrity, a key factor that led to his ouster from office in 2015 by the same party he now seeks to propel him back…
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