President Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, have in separate statements congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State over his victory at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The president, in a statement by Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity said he recognized the verdict of the apex court as the final in…
Edo 2024: Obaseki Strategises for Crucial Election, Sacks Cabinet, Horde of Political Aides
The Edo State executive council has been dissolved. A terse statement on Wednesday signed by Crusoe Osagie, special adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on media projects, terminated the appointments of the commissioners and special advisers who were sworn in October 6, 2021, and February 9, 2022. Also sacked “with immediate effect”, were coterie of aides…
Multi-Tracking Nigeria has become a Compelling Project
For the first time in the history of the country, and also acutely contrasting with simple logic and commonsense, a second runner up in the presidential election February 25, 2023, is making a most laughable claim of having won the election. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had won the election…
When Experience Negates Development
It is commonplace to hear such cliché as, ‘he has no political experience,’ among political party contestants to political offices. In the majority of cases where this kind of statement is used, it’s when those making such condemnation are feeling threatened by the position and preparation of the one or the ones so described. It’s…
How Low Voter turnout, Vote buying, Violence Ruled Rivers on March 18
Though the governorship and house of assembly elections in Rivers State started relatively earlier on Saturday March 18 2023 than the presidential and national assembly elections that took place on February 25, 2023, it was bogged down by several issues. The turnout was generally low. Many of the voters that turned out to vote during…
Bola Tinubu as a Hoochie Coochie Man
This piece addresses a serious national issue but is laced with an ample dose of comic relief. It is, basically, satirical albeit topical. Inspired by a classical Chicago Blues tune titled “Hoochie Coochie Man”, the article is partly experiential hence entertaining even in its topicality; its introductory anecdote reflects the author’s affinity with music. In…
PDP Crisis: Ayu Steps Down as Party Chair
The crisis of leadership in the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP may have reached a boiling point. Following a court order asking Senator Iyorchia Ayu, erstwhile national chairman of the party to stop parading himself as the chairman of the party, the party has asked Iliya Damagun, the deputy national chairman to step into the office…
Appeal Court Confirms Adeleke’s Victory
The court of Appeal has set aside the tribunal judgement annulling the election of Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun State. The court sitting in Abuja on Friday, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices led by Justice Mohammed Lawal Shaibu overruled the verdict of the governorship election tribunal that nullified the…
Put God First in All Things, Okowa Charges Oborevwori, Delta Governor-Elect At Thanksgiving Service
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed gratitude to the people of the state for using their ballots to give the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Sheriff Oborevwori, victory in Saturday’s governorship election. A visibly elated Governor Okowa disclosed that the presidential and governorship election taught him new lessons, and promised to…
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