Perspectives
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Osinbajo and the infidelity of integrity, By Bala Ibrahim
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has ended all speculations, by formally declaring his intention to run for the President of Nigeria, come next year, 2023. In giving notice of this intention today, Monday,11/04/2022, the Vice President said: “In the past seven years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, a servant of the nation in war and…
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Osinbajo and the rope in his portmanteau, By Taiwo Olanegan
I persistently vouched for him despite overwhelming facts. I held on to the last edge of his sanity. But he fell to the old trick of the serpent. He succumbed to the temptation of the Garden of Aso Rock. Ambition is a drug. It makes you drudgery. But he is a professor of law. Millions of us would never be.…
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Osinbajo’s big task without Buhari’s nod, By Kunle Awosiyan
No doubt, APC governors are divided between their National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. It was gathered that 10 out of 22 governors invited to Osinbajo’s dinner showed up on Sunday evening and on Monday 14 governors met with Tinubu. The arithmetic may mean nothing but the loyalty is divided for now. This is a clear…
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Overcoming the crisis of Nigeria’s future:The group mind synthesis, By George Anyiam-Osigwe
Deriving from years of governance failure, statistics reveal that over 80% of our national population leave on less than $2 per day. As a fallout of this reality, in recent times, unemployed Nigerian youths and collapsed families take the path of criminality in order to be able to survive economically. Specifically, with the high level of graduate unemployment, the Nigerian…
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Has Osinbajo overreached himself
At long last, the die is cast. What started as a rumour finally manifested in concrete terms on Monday, April 11, 2023. On this day, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, finally threw his hat into the ring to contest for the presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). What is notable is that, he is contesting against…
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Why I am running for president, By Yemi Osinbajo
Dear Nigerians, for the past seven years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, a servant of the nation in war and peace, and a man of integrity, President Muhammadu Buhari. We have, together, worked through some of the most difficult times in the history of our Nation, but we have remained focused on securing the…
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It’s a slap comparing Tinubu With Amaechi, By Kunle Awosiyan
Those who are quick to compare Bola Ahmed Tinubu with Rotimi Amaechi may not know much about politics before the present democracy. It is like talking about the hero of that English epic movie, Merlin without the life and time of Gaius. Tinubu as Gaius, others as clowns. In the movie, “Merlin”, there is this old Wiseman, a sorcerer, Gaius…
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Can Amaechi really be a President? By Ayokunle Adebayo
His Excellency, Rotimi Amaechi has an ‘impressive’ performance in public office. However, I have few questions to ask and issues to clarify. Aside holding political offices, what other vocation was he into? If there was none, can he please tell us the source of his stupendous wealth? Apart from being involved in politics does H. E Amaechi have a ‘second…
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Moving Forward with Courage, By Rotimi Amaechi
Fellow Nigerians, I stand before you today to declare my intention and submit my application to serve as your next President. I did not come to this decision lightly. I have served our nation for the last seven years as Minister of Transportation. For eight years before that, I served as Governor of Rivers State. In the preceding eight years…
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APC, PDP: Pertinent lessons from Awo, By Segun Ayobolu
Whatever may be their shortcomings and failings, the two dominant parties, All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are impressive political constructs that took considerable organizational effort to actualize. Rather than seek to discard them, every effort should be continuously made to strengthen their organizational structures, improve their internal democratic processes, deepen their philosophical and ideological underpinnings as…
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