Tag: Politics
Fisayo Soyombo: Getting Buhari out in 2019 is not enough
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo There are numerous disgruntled Muhammadu Buhari supporters straddling the social media space. Worried by a series ...
The Thread: Nigerians give reasons why the masses are celebrating Tinubu’s son’s death
When Asiwaju lost his son on the 1st of November, part of Twitter Nigeria rejoiced. Some persons quipped that the ...
The Thread: “It’s an insult to all Igbos” “There should be limits to propaganda” | TwitterNG is furious with Buhari
President Buhari has mananged to annoy Nigerians again. It would appear his administration is infamous for making political missteps, the ...
Opinion: Buhari and his government of “Fugithieves”
By Jude Ndukwe The frequency of scandals bedevilling the Buhari administration in recent times would require an app to keep ...
Ekweume Abroad: There was a Hospital in Ibom
by Alexander O. Onukwue If only there was a hospital in Nigeria which was built at a cost of N41 ...
Farooq Kperogi: Unravelling of the corruption in Buhari’s “anti-corruption” fight
by Farooq Kperogi The latest thunderbolt from the Head of Service of the Federation that President Buhari was actually aware ...
Dele Momodu: Who says President Buhari isn’t a politician?
by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, I had another privilege of meeting President Muhammadu Buhari two nights ago in Abuja. I ...
Opinion: Nigeria’s best hope for 2019 is Abdulrasheed Maina
by Bayo Oluwasanmi In 2019, Nigeria will return to the polls to elect a new president. The ballot will boast ...
House of Scraps: How Buhari could get his house back in order
by Alexander O. Onukwue A source in the Presidency has described President Buhari’s reaction to the pre-FEC face-off between Winifred ...
FEC Report: Oyo-Ita made a strong case for her innocence
by Alexander O. Onukwue News reports from the Aso Villa council chambers on Tuesday paid much focus on a heated ...
Opinion: Dasuki’s memory loss — A $2.1 billion fraud charge can do that to you
by Fredrick Nwabufo Before I go into the meat of this article, let me state this for the purpose of ...
Olusegun Adeniyi: Buhari, 2019 and the talking drum
by Olusegun Adeniyi One of the most astounding works of Art from Africa is the Yoruba talking drum. It is ...
Reuben Abati: The monkey business they call governance
by Reuben Abati “Have you gone to visit your brother in Ekiti?” “Who is that? I have ...
The Thread: “The cabal has fallen” | TwitterNG reacts to Buhari firing Babachir Lawal
It’s been a long time coming, this sacking of Babachir Lawal by President Buhari. We’d like to think that our ...
Fisayo Soyombo: The men who shouldn’t be in Buhari’s government
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo This piece is laden with unsolicited advice. It ordinarily should not have been written, but for ...
Simon Kolawole: Can Maina be Buhari’s turning point?
by Simon Kolawole To cut a long story short, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina came into national limelight in 2013 when, ...
Reno Omokri: VP Osinbajo, are you sure you are still a Pastor?
by Reno Omokri My attention has been drawn to claims in the media by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, ...
Opinion: Nigeria’s Senate and its basket of empty probes
by Fredrick Nwabufo The Nigerian Senate is impotent. So impotent that it engages in theatrical probes to conceal the ...
Opinion: Mr President, you need to fire somebody
by Alexander O. Onukwue For what it’s worth, Mr President, it is very likely that you were really not aware ...
The Thread: Oby Ezekwesili calls out ‘Wailers’ and ‘Buharists’
If you’ve been on social media a while, you’d notice that Nigeria’s political scene is divided into two groups: supporters ...
The Thread: What the National Assembly needs to do to save Nigeria
President Buhari’s government has gradually lost the goodwill he came into office with in 2015. One of the reasons for ...
Re: Facts and fallacies in the “Restructuring” conversation
by Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN Man is really in an ambiguous position in nature. Nature presents to him (gender neutral) series ...
Gbenga Daniel: PDP, it’s time for a fresh start
by Gbenga Daniel As a loyal party man who desires the best for our great party, the PDP. I ...
Opinion: The 7 deadly sins a Nigerian President should avoid
by Tony Ogunlowo The race to be President of Nigeria in 2019 has already started – well, behind the ...
The Thread: This is the only way to change Nigeria
The road to 2019 is paved with fear and trepidation and a ginormous amount of political theories. When Jonathan was ...
Reno Omokri: Buharism — The definition of cluelessness
by Reno Omokri As you read this, the news has just filtered in that herdsmen just killed another 27 Nigerian ...
Femi Fani-Kayode: Buhari is a cancer that keeps growing; he must be cut out
by Femi Fani-Kayode The greatest crime that man has inflicted on his fellow man in the last 50 years is ...
Why money cannot be separated from politics and elections – Fashola
Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said the issue of money cannot be eradicated from politics, due ...
An open letter to 2019 Ogun Yewa Gubernatorial aspirants: History will repeat itself
by Temitope Adigun As 2019 gubernatorial election draws closer, there have been different speculations both online and offline, from pundits ...
“I fight back and it won’t be pretty” | Trump warns McCain
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a warning to Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, saying “be careful, because at ...