An “Iftar” experience with Atiku Abubakar
By Tunde Olusunle I visited the Asokoro, Abuja home of Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, the other day, to observe the iftar with him, as part of the month-long…
Presidential poll petitions: Sticky issue of 25% votes in FCT
By Ehichioya Ezomon There’s a saying: “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a…
Time to acknowledge Niger State steadfastness in national politics
By Engr. Dodo Almustapha The 2023 general elections have come and gone, but stories of surprises and imagination persist. Despite a significant decrease in the number of votes cast by…
Towards a democracy-sensitive, people-oriented judiciary
By Tunde Olusunle That Nigeria’s very highly regarded The Guardian newspaper published a two-part editorial in the immediate past week on the nation’s judiciary, attests to the seriousness with which…
Rallying Around the New Government for a Better Tomorrow. By Sunday James.
The recently concluded election season has been a rollercoaster of emotions for citizens across the country. With political campaigns in full swing, citizens have been bombarded with numerous promises and…
Buhari, Yakubu, Atiku and the death of trust (Part 2)
By Tunde Olusunle If there’s one Nigerian with irreparable integrity deficit today, it has to be Mahmood Yakubu. But he would thereafter be allowed to prosecute the most expensive, most…
Buhari, Yakubu, Atiku and the death of trust (Part1)
By Tunde Olusunle If anyone had prophesied the retention of Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in that office to which he was appointed late 2015…
Kantigi: Running for governor or seeking immunity?
By Danlami Ndabagi After eight years out of power in Niger State, many would have expected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to do its homework very well, so as to…
Remembering Pius Adesanmi, Aburo I never met
By Tunde Olusunle I had two spells as student at the University of Ilorin, abbreviated by us as Unilorin. True, our university started as a college under the University of…
Atiku as ready-Made Nigerian President
By Tunde Olusunle It should be crystal clear to the discerning and intuitive, the direction the presidential election pendulum will swing, come Saturday February 25, 2023. Monday February 20, leader…