The turbulence that, historically, characterizes every presidential election in Nigeria is in full swing. It is frightening to even the most usually unperturbed elements in the polity about... Read more
By Adagbo ONOJA The founding moment of the Obasanjo/Atiku love-hate relationship would be difficult to pinpoint immediately but early 1999 remains the turning point in that now conflictual i... Read more
By Ike Okonta Peter Obi’s burgeoning popularity has led Chuks Iloegbunam, the author and journalist, to write a semi-biography of the politician and presidential candidate of the Labour Part... Read more
Professor C.S Whitaker framed it as a defining element of the politics of tradition, calling it “change and continuity”. By that, he suggests that the old order never fades away completely.... Read more
By Ike Okonta Sonala Olumhense, the distinguished journalist, attended an event in New York last week where Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, gave a speech. According to Ol... Read more
Aminu Habibu Jahun Each of the four leading political parties (PDP, APC, the Labour Party and NNPP) carries a burden which could pull it down in the 2023 presidential election and for which... Read more
The week Queen Elizabeth 11 died cannot but be a turbulent week. It is difficult to be indifferent to the Queen whether one was her admirer or critic. She had a mystique and presence which 7... Read more
By Engineer Mohammed Abba-Gana The People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) is confronting internal challenges. These challenges have to be resolved because, no matter what, the PDP is a major stake... Read more
By Ike Okonta Professor Patrick Utomi graciously received Chiedu Ezeanah, the poet and journalist, and I in his hotel suite in Rockview Hotel, Abuja on a rainy Friday evening in early July.... Read more
Ike Okonta ‘In any society where a governing elite, faced with wide social inequality, mass poverty, unemployment and conspicuous waste of limited national resources, resorts to a systematic... Read more
