Ambode and the Godfather’s Rage
…When in 2014, he was asked about his successor, Fashola said he was not worried yet at the same time expressed concern. “I hope,...
Takeaways from the Osun Election
The September 22 2018 governorship election in Osun state is one of the closest political races in the country’s political history. According to official...
Between HSBC and Buhari
Since the report that HSBC, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services companies, took a dim view of the Buhari government’s economic...
PDP: The Challenge Ahead
Former Senate President, Senator David Mark, has become the latest entrant to the ever-growing crowd of candidates vying to become the PDP’s presidential flag...
Buhari, Rule of Law, National Interest and National Security
President Muhammadu Buhari has been getting raps for asserting that his government would continue to place the nation’s security and national interests above the...
Why Buhari’s ‘800m walk’ makes both his health and age legitimate campaign issues
Do public officials owe the public full disclosures about their health status? Does the age of a political leader really matter when it comes...
Between APC and PDP: Playing Bully and Victim Game
This is an interesting time for Nigerian politics. There is now a complete abandonment of any pretensions that 2019 is not the main determinant...
Reflections on the DSS’s Siege of the National Assembly
The siege at the gate of the National Assembly complex by the operatives of the Department of State Security Services (DSS) on Monday August...
Gale of defections: what goes around, comes around
“What goes around comes around” is the summation of how the law of karma, (also known as the law of cause and effect) works....
In Defence of Mrs Kemi Adeosun
Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has been in the eyes of the storm since the online newspaper Premium Times, broke the news of her...
