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Why Nigeria’s Opposition Bears Greater Responsibility for Democratic Decline

The essence of democracy is not the ballot. The ballot is only its instrument. The essence of democracy is the free and open contest...

 Governor Oyebanji Visits ADC Governorship Candidate Dare Bejide, Seeks Inclusive Governance

The visit was in fulfilment of the Governor’s decision to reach out to all the contestants in the election and seek their cooperation and...

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Why Nigeria’s Opposition Bears Greater Responsibility for Democratic Decline

The essence of democracy is not the ballot. The ballot is only its instrument. The essence of democracy is the free and open contest...

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Why Nigeria’s Opposition Bears Greater Responsibility for Democratic Decline

The essence of democracy is not the ballot. The ballot is only its instrument. The essence of democracy is the free and open contest...

How Not to Criticise Governor Aiyedatiwa: A Case for Facts Over Speculation

In the rough-and-tumble arena of Nigerian bolekaja politics, where heated rhetoric often eclipses sober reason, Sufuyan Ojeifo’s latest satanic salvo, “No Lotus for Governor...

 Governor Oyebanji Visits ADC Governorship Candidate Dare Bejide, Seeks Inclusive Governance

The visit was in fulfilment of the Governor’s decision to reach out to all the contestants in the election and seek their cooperation and...

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How Obafemi Hamzat finally emerged as APC Governorship Candidate

Finally, the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the apex leadership body of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, has pronounced Obafemi Hamzat as the...

This is the thing about the political campaign season. Plenty of entertainment

“What a country? “Which country? “What other country do you think I could possibly be talking about? Nigeria of course” “Baba Gbeborun. Community Radio! O ya, shoot....

2027: Oba Akadri Momoh of Ikare endorses Tunji Mohammed for Ondo North Senatorial seat

Ikare-Akoko, Oba Akadri Momoh, The Olukare of Ikare Land, Oba-in-Council of chiefs and elders, Chief Abdul Tunji Mohammed (ATM), the Balogun of Ikare, Ondo...

Obi can scarcely afford to run for vice president; it will stoke the ire of his Obidient base

 The former two-time governor may have drawn the right lessons from the 2023 election, but it is not entirely clear that he controls his...

OAU: The decision not to welcome Peter Obi was in the interest of safety, orderliness, established protocols

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, wish to clarify the circumstances surrounding the proposed lecture by His Excellency, Peter Obi, at the University. The...

Why Nigerian councillors appointed Bagudu as grand patron

  Nigerian councillors, under the aegis of the National Councillors’ Forum of Nigeria, have appointed Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, as...

Opposition parties still writhing in a self-inflicted and debilitating factional crisis

  The dust may not have fully settled on the conventions of what is gradually emerging as the three main political parties in the country,...

Politics without the People for the People?

             In our beloved but beleaguered Nigeria, the year 2027 has caught the fancy, imagination, and frenzied attention of the political class, the politicians,...

Makinde’s violent rhetoric cannot be dismissed as mere opposition posturing; it can fuel anarchy

  While addressing a summit of opposition political parties in Ibadan, yesterday, Saturday, April 25, 2026, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state invoked the bloody...

Ajulo tells politicians: Treat 2027 presidential election as a foreclosed chapter, prepare for 2031

Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Kayode Ajulo (SAN), has urged Nigeria’s political class to treat the 2027 presidential election as a foreclosed...

ADC motley crowd is not in principled defense of democracy, but a calculated attempt to weaponize rhetoric

   By Sunday Dare Even before the official commencement of the election season and before the Polls open, the “opposition”, a hurriedly stitched together contraption in...

Wadada sees Nasarawa State as a political chessboard; a fatal flaw in a candidate

  He may fashion himself a smooth operator, but Senator Ahmed Aliyu Wadada’s biggest problem is that he appears fundamentally incapable of seeing Nasarawa State...