How Far Can Peter Obi Go?

How Far Can Peter Obi Go? By Olusegun Adeniyi THISDAY headquarters on Creek Road, Apapa, Lagos was not far from Mr Peter Obi’s corporate office. So, we visited each other regularly before he became Governor of Anambra State. Not only has our friendship endured, but Obi has remained the same man I first encountered more… Continue reading How Far Can Peter Obi Go?

Much Ado about Obasanjo’s Endorsement

Much Ado about Obasanjo’s Endorsement SIMONKOLAWOLELIVE! BY SIMON KOLAWOLE My friend sent me a WhatsApp chat shortly after President Olusegun Obasanjo announced his endorsement of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. “What does the Obasanjo endorsement mean?” he asked. I smiled to myself and replied: “It means he is bored!” Like… Continue reading Much Ado about Obasanjo’s Endorsement

Lest Nigerian Youths Be Deceived By Obasanjo’s Sanctimony And Revisionism

Lest Nigerian Youths Be Deceived By Obasanjo’s Sanctimony And Revisionism By Dele Alake On the whole, the latest epistolary misadventure by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is a gratuitous insult on the collective intelligence of Nigerians. In particular, his laborious attempt to prey on the innocence of much younger generation constitutes a grievous assault on public morality,… Continue reading Lest Nigerian Youths Be Deceived By Obasanjo’s Sanctimony And Revisionism

G5’s Flirtation and 2023 Electoral Permutations

G5’s Flirtation and 2023 Electoral Permutations By Waziri Adio From all indications, the two warring camps within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are not about to kiss and make up. All the overtures designed to reconcile the Governor Nyesom Wike-led Group—or Gang—of Five (G5) with PDP’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seem to have failed.… Continue reading G5’s Flirtation and 2023 Electoral Permutations

Disturbing Patterns from the 2023 Campaigns

Disturbing Patterns from the 2023 Campaigns Postscript by Waziri Adio By tomorrow, we will be two months into the official segment of the campaigns for the landmark 2023 presidential poll. The current campaign season is unusually long and will, expectedly, go through undulating phases. The Electoral Act 2022 not only extended the campaign period from… Continue reading Disturbing Patterns from the 2023 Campaigns

Projected Patterns of the 2023 Campaigns

Projected Patterns of the 2023 Campaigns Postscript by Waziri Adio Today is Day 5 of the 150-day campaign period for the landmark 2023 polls. It is very early days in an unusually long campaign season, which itself was preceded by a remarkably long hiatus of more than 100 days between the conclusion of primaries and… Continue reading Projected Patterns of the 2023 Campaigns

Political messiahs and the burden of leadership

Political messiahs and the burden of leadership By CYRUS ADEMOLA Leadership is a dichotomy of both blessing and burden. In actual fact, the burden sometimes seems to outweigh the blessing that comes with it. Indeed, onlookers and spectators focus mostly on the blessing—the luxury of living, the regalia panoply of power, the exuberant paraphernalia of… Continue reading Political messiahs and the burden of leadership

South-east should be careful not to repeat mistake of 2015

South-east should be careful not to repeat mistake of 2015 Fredrick Nwabufo The Igbo are loyal, giving and unwavering. They have a predilection for going to the grave with a corpse if need be. They are a dependable ally. If you have the Igbo as a consociate, you have an unrelenting sentinel. But the Igbo’s… Continue reading South-east should be careful not to repeat mistake of 2015

Echoes of the 1979 Presidential Poll

Echoes of the 1979 Presidential Poll Postscript by Waziri Adio With the way things are shaping up, the 2023 presidential election may be the most competitive multiparty poll since 1979, the year that Nigeria held its first presidential election. Over time, the country has ossified into a two-party system. On paper, Nigeria remains a vibrant… Continue reading Echoes of the 1979 Presidential Poll