Politics

In 2015 after Buhari won the elections, friends with whom I had supported his quest were so excited to get invites to Eagle Square for his inauguration. I didn’t get any such invite and I am usually not excited about ceremonies anyway. For me it should be all about the substance. No one needs to...

I have been told a million times how we who run small political parties do not have structures. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is preening to withdraw our licenses. We are being marked, and judged on the basis of the results of one semester. A deregistration – if it takes place – will be...

When an English man talks of a ‘gentleman’s agreement’, he means an agreement reached by people with integrity, who place a premium on their words and names. A gentleman needn’t necessarily be tame or docile, and is certainly not clueless. He is one who doesn’t need the axe of the law dangling over him before...

Or I should title this; “Why Does APC Never Listen to Bola Tinubu?”  Well, there is surely something that the followers of Bola Ahmed Tinubu see in him, which some of us don’t. What we see more often is the bad news, the purported greed and alleged ownership of half of Lagos, and so on....

In the past two weeks a very famous video clip has gone viral. It’s the video of Senator Professor Sola Adeyeye as he waxed philosophical on the floor of the Nigerian Senate. I decided to respond to him for several reasons, notably that Nigerians being very emotional people get carried away with great oratory while...

I had given INEC a pass mark after the Presidential Elections. But by the second round of elections for State Governors and Houses of Assembly, I drastically reviewed my position. However the entire charade of an election is not an issue for INEC alone. The elections were watered by the blood of the innocent as...

I try to give President Buhari several opportunities to convince or at least inspire cooperation from myself and other Nigerians I know. I believe the man is beyond redemption and the next four years will be like the last four, if not worse (for most Nigerians that is). Those profiting from the inefficiencies and general...

Corruption has mixed with impunity in Nigeria. People who should be ashamed of themselves are now strutting about calling the shots. Someone once remarked that given cursory look at the Senate or House of Reps looks like a lineup of criminals; 419ers, embezzlers, kidnappers, prostitutes, killers, bank robbers and serial bad-debtors, fraudsters of all types....

One of the common refrains we have been hearing since the conclusion of Nigeria’s presidential election is that Nigeria’s political parties are way too many. Many of those who are most irritated by this development are those who have refused to participate in the political process but see themselves as perpetual analysts. This group of...

I am ready to call the upcoming elections for old man Muhammadu Buhari, a man who should not be found within a one kilometre radius of public governance, simply because he is tired and old age has caught up with him. His recent outings have shown that he suffers Alzheimer’s or dementia, diseases that almost...