Lagos has begun immortalising Obi
Yoruba have ways of serenading #togetherforever. There is orunisulaparonkusi. There is also ekurolalabakuewa. Both can be translated as (come rain,…
Lagos deputy governor and Obi’s basket of deplorables
In a recent campaign stop and stump, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. ObafemiHamzat, reportedly knocked the supporters of Peter Obi…
….and God said
“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?” That was God soliloquizing in Genesis 18:17. He was…
Monica, the woman who will determine Buhari’s successor
Given how serious both contenders and voters have so far taken this general election, particularly the presidential poll conducted yesterday,…
Cashless Val!
A day from today makes it exactly 47 years that a band of khaki boys led by a certain Lieutenant-Colonel…
Is North now Obidient?
Even with his rising poll numbers, the core North, precisely North West and North East, has long been tipped as…
Buhari’s speech that keeps Tinubu in trenches
On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari, uncharacteristically made public his position on his relationship with the unofficial number…
34 days and still too close to call
Last week, I engaged a mini community of presumably Northerner artisans (since they could as well be Nigeriens, Chadians or…
Buhari wants to cancel Emefiele but lacks Obasanjo’s courage
During the first presidential term of Olusegun Obasanjo, something extraordinary happened between him and his then Attorney General of the…
Governors are a step away from taking over the Judiciary
Last week Monday, the leadership of the National Assembly disclosed that only 11 State Houses of Assembly had accepted the…
WAEC has set a sinister precedent in Ekiti
54 days after adjourning for judgement, the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday eventually awarded victory to Governor…
Remembering November 22
From today, it is exactly 62 days to the most consequential of the 2023 general election, the presidential contest. This…
All eyes on Ekiti Tribunal
On August 30, 2021, the National Judicial Council, chaired by then-Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, unprecedentedly summoned Chief Judges…
The histories CJN Ariwoola must study
For the most of the second half of 2012, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as Osun State Governor and the National Judicial…
Oyebanji’s rocky start
On Wednesday, the Ekiti Election Petition Tribunal, handling the judicial challenge mounted by Segun Oni, against the election of Governor…
Ibro, ex-Kogi gov, writes Soludo over Obi
“I am not an extension of anybody. I have my own opinions and have always said I think Peter is…
Forces that will defeat Buhari’s Naira project
When President Muhammadu Buhari decided to publicly backed the Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, against his Minister of Economy…
Catholic Church, Rev. Southall and the Adoration Cult
In past weeks, as if by design, supposed pals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Bola Tinubu of…
Catholic Church, Rev. Southall and the Adoration Cult
On Thursday, December 9, 2018, a group in the Catholic community, styled as Concerned Catholics, issued a lengthy rebuke of…
Buhari’s nostalgic farewell to judiciary
In what could pass for a redeeming move, President Muhammadu Buhari in his final budgetary propositions, forked out what appears…
