Politics

I have had a number of inquiries and even outright accusations of being overambitious for running for the number one office in the land; the office of the president. I have my personal reasons and also a very logical one. I’ve not particularly been a homeboy until recently when I had the opportunity and space...

(my comment – fair is fair. the same Jide Ojo of the Punch who wrote a scathing remark on the Electoral Act amendment bill has reviewed his position. And I support him on this, given the details. If you read the first take, you must read this one. Buhari is right on this) https://punchng.com/buhari-right-to-veto-electoral-act…/ Jide...

I feel compelled to write about this because I had been broaching the issue and writing around it – and I had taken pains to discuss this with the parties that matter. Now that PACT has culminated in the way I predicted it would because of its many contradictions and naive assumptions, it is apt...

Yorubas say we should not all sleep and put our heads in one direction. This means people should think outside-the-box sometimes, and bring on new perspectives, no matter what this is worth. This also means that traditionally and historically our people understand the value of being contrarian. They also say that 20 children cannot play...

So the other day I went to one bank to update my BVN no. I went with anger and consternation because I got a text days before that they had cleaned out my N11,660 balance into their sundry accounts – from where it will be added to their profits. Eh!! In this dry season why...

It took me a while to get involved in the restructuring debate.. or is it a debacle? Like they say of the stock market, ‘when your gateman starts to tell you what stocks to buy, that is the time to get out of the market’. No offenses meant at gatemen. They too are financially savvy...

In this interview with Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, the National Chairman of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), Tope Fasua, reviews the three-year tenure of the President Muhammadu Buhari government, saying the administration has done more damage to Nigeria than all others before it. He also speaks on the growth of his party and analyses how...

Jega, Gambari, Onaiyekan, others raise concern over 2019 election INEC chairman Prof Mahmoud Yakubu As Ekiti State governorship election draws near, the tempo of political activities has increased. According to the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the election will hold on July 14 this year. Aside from the two major political...

The big issue is that our politicians shut themselves in from the people, once elected or selected. Many commentators felt it was an odd thing to do to ‘stoop so low’. Yet Nigeria is where such one-on-one interaction is most desirable. The effect of such interaction is to give hope and confidence to the people...

Halt!! Don’t run away with the headline. It is cast as such deliberately. I am not against independent candidature as an expansion of our political space and a deepening of gravitas in that same space, if that is what it amounts to eventually. Anything that will lead to our politics actually developing the people and...