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Opinion

March 12, 2023

Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo — an oasis in Buhari’s misadventure

On the occasions when the president entrusted him with responsibilities for running the government or any part of it, he delivered capable leadership with clear results.

Yemi Osinbajo
March 11, 2023

Nigeria’s dangerously rising post-election ethnic tension

The extreme political violence in the name of Obi that is now pervading the South-East needs to stop because it can only fuel the fire of Igbophobia nationwide.

Obi and Tinubu
March 11, 2023

Inside the battle for Lagos

Lagos must not allow itself to be overrun by myopic men and women who do not believe in the ideals that made Lagos what it is.

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
March 10, 2023

For Labour to avoid APGA’s fate, Peter Obi should embrace Tinubu now

The much-vaunted Obi phenomenon will fizzle out as soon as the elections are done, and the youth have other worthy distractions.

Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi
March 10, 2023

Nigeria’s endless diseases and bitter pills

Two major moves the next administration would need to do have to involve reordering our national scale of preference and expanding the country’s revenue base.

Nigerian masses
March 7, 2023

Letter to the Editor: Peace after dubious 2023 election must come with justice

The attempt to tamper with electoral materials that would serve as evidence is not only a brazen attack on the sensibilities of over 200 million people but a contemptuous act.

INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu
March 6, 2023

Adeyinka Kotoye: An Overview of 25% requirement in Nigerian Constitution

If the framers of the 1999 Constitution, had intended to treat Abuja as a “State of the Federation”, in S. 134(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution, they would have expressly said so.

Yinka Kotoye
March 5, 2023

How Obasanjo ruined Peter Obi’s chances

We can forgive those young people who think Obasanjo became penis-shy about protest because of the EndSARS killings.

A composite of former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Peter Obi
March 5, 2023

February 25 presidential election failed to meet Nigerians’ expectations

The U.S. said it was commendable that Messrs Obi and Atiku were challenging the outcome of the controversial election in court.

Mary Beth Leonard
March 5, 2023

INEC lacks metrics to calculate voter turnout

Given the Nigerian context, INEC’s approach of using accreditation figures as the basis for calculating voter turnout is faulty.

Nigerians queuing at polling centre