Perspectives
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Ekiti 2026: Election or coronation? — by Bolanle Bolawole
I read somewhere that the PDP candidate in the forthcoming Ekiti state governorship election, Oluwole Oluyede, warned that the election, slated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Saturday, 20 June, 2026, should not be seen as “a mere coronation” of the incumbent governor, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji aka BAO – but the looming election looks exactly that! Oluyede must…
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The irretrievable breakdown of marriage between Atiku and Obi — by Femi Fani-Kayode
The biggest mistake that anyone can make when dealing with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is to think he is an ordinary person. He is not. No matter what you throw at him he comes out on top. He is a what those that are familiar with Yoruba mythology describe as an “akanda eniyan” which basically means he is a “special…
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Digital party registers, deadlines, and legal implications under Nigeria’s Electoral Act 2026 — by Okoi Obono-Obla
It is clear that Sunday, 10 May 2026, marks the final day of the 21-day notice given to political parties in Nigeria to submit their digital registers to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). These registers must contain the names, dates of birth, wards, local government areas, phone numbers, emails, and National Identification Numbers of every party member. The consequence…
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“Pẹlẹbẹ” – A weapon of mass destruction — by Tinuade Ogunlesi
I was at a high brow hotel for a conference.Few hours after I checked in, the hotel was transformed. Many cars drove in and there was a crowd surge. From the slogans and dressings, I understood it was a political gathering. And the number of buses bringing in loads of “party supporters”, not to be addressed as “political thugs” showed…
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The Northwest comeback: Inside Tinubu’s push for peace, prosperity and progress — by Uche Nnadozie
For decades, Nigeria’s North-West was defined by insecurity, poverty, abandoned infrastructure, unemployment and political neglect. Roads collapsed. Rail projects stalled. Rural communities became isolated. Farmers lost access to markets. Investors stayed away. Today, however, a different story is emerging across Sokoto, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Kebbi and Zamfara. Highways are reconnecting communities, rail projects are reviving trade corridors, hospitals and…
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Sabotaged and scattered, the opposition staggers on — by Ugo Egbujo
Three weeks from critical deadlines, the opposition parties are in utter disarray. If this democracy fails, those who scattered the opposition must take responsibility. INEC failed to register parties in time. The government sowed moles and discord. Opposition leaders manifested greed , cowardice and ego. Another election is around the corner and the electorate faces the same old commotion, chaos…
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Peter Obi’s howling hubris — by Iboro Otonganran
One of the carefully curated aspects of Peter Obi’s persona is that he is humble. His fans point to the fact that he flies economy in spite of his fabled wealth, a good deal of which he stashes away in tax havens around the world to evade paying tax to a country he is desperate to govern. They also draw…
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Oshodi-Isolo paradox: The ‘stranger’ empowers his kinsmen — by Baba Awori
Let us stop hiding behind the weaponized political correctness of “diversity.” What is happening in Lagos State politics is not a “melting pot” or “inclusion”—it is the open-daylight stealing of Lagos State Indigenes ancestral political rights, packaged as a convenient lie so we hand over our wealth with a smile. The recent brazen publication by Hon. Okey-Joe Onuakalusi, Imo State…
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On Atiku’s day care (ADC) and the lack of adults in the room — by O’tega Ogra
Time indeed reveals all things. Barely three weeks ago, when they were still breaking bread, they sold a dummy to the Nigerian people, their followers, the press, and whoever cared to listen, that a certain man, in the person of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was the cause of their disarray in what I had last year…
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Presiden Tinubu’s trips: Between ignorance and Ikhide’s misdirected outrage — by Michael Chibuzo
In moments of national crisis, emotions understandably run high, as evident in the emotion-laden tirade by Erasmus Ikhide triggered by the condemnable xenophobic violence unfolding on the streets of South Africa. Nigerians are once again bearing the brunt of a raging anti-immigrant hysteria. Yet it is during such moments that public commentators must don the cap of logic and distinguish…
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