Category: Opinion
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Ajayi and audacity of hope in Ondo Guber poll
By Oluwaseun Akingboye Unusally, the Ondo State governorship election is repeating a precedence in the annal of Nigeria politics as the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, has burnt the boat to challenge his boss, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu at the poll. To all students of history, the 1983 saga would not be forgotten in a jiffy when…
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Ondo Poll: Why We Must Stop Jegede, Akeredolu, His Wife And Son
By Kunle Omotehinse One of the problems facing us in Ondo State is the love bond between the governor and the wife. Really, it is natural that love and affection should abound in marriage but when you cannot separate your office from the management of the state resources except your wife interferes, then the bindings…
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Opinion polls showed APC will win Edo election, I don’t know what happened —El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said he was optimistic up to three weeks ago that his party, the All Progressives Congress, would win the Edo State Governorship Election. He said opinion polls conducted had shown that the APC candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, would win the election, adding that he didn’t know what went wrong in the…
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How Secondus is making the PDP toast of every lover of democracy
By Bisi Ezekiel Since he took over as the National Chairman of the largest democratic political party in Africa, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has not left anyone in doubt that he is an efficient manager of men and resources in a political firmament. Even his detractors have swallowed their words at…
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Ondo 2020: Jegede ambushed the people, the people will ambush him
By Kayode Ojomo TRUTH remains TRUTH irrespective of the population of people mega-phoning it. It simply remains incorruptibly “TRUTH”. This crusade isn’t about me, nor about the College that Jegede & I attended, neither does it have anything to do with his professional status in his legal calling but about the need to collectively and…
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Dear Jimoh Ibrahim, You are on your own on Akeredolu’s re-election
By Comrade Omopariola Dare Dear Chief Jimoh Ibrahim, I learnt you joined the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday with a lot of promises to ensure the victory of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on October 10, 2020, amidst pageantry and fanfare by our governor while some members of the APC have been singing your praises since…
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Nigeria may go bankrupt
By Eze Onyekpere The Federal Government’s retained revenue, which is the actual revenue realised before its augments with borrowed and deficit financing resources, is dwindling by the day. It is dwindling when compared with the expenditure and the need for investment in all sectors of the economy. However, the surprise is that this low…
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Ondo 2020: Banji Okunomo – the young David among PDP guber aspirants
By Akinrinlola Olumide “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, says Charles Dickens in his book, the Tale of Two Cities. That’s the way the Biblical King David might have looked back following his challenging periods before he came to power as Israel’s king. I think Banji Okunomo, the youngest…
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NILDS: Professor Abubakar Sulaiman’s One Year of Stewardship
By Bayo Jimoh It is now twelve months that Professor Abubakar Sulaiman assumed office as the second Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS). So, how well has the institute fared under under his leadership in the last one year? The essence of this write up is to keep you…
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Gambari: Any memo to the President on the Brimming Third World War?
By Jimoh Ibrahim OFR, CFR The realist thinks war is points taken too far.’ Wars happen, and that is that’ there is no morality in the sense of preparing against aggression in statism and resulting in self-help what is critical is survival. Human nature itself holds the key to understanding war and conflict. Human nature…