Elections: To be or not to be
It is hardly surprising that the National Council of State rose after an eight hour meeting on Thursday, February 5 with a decision not...
Politics: Silly season, indeed
I don’t know when or how the phrase “the silly season of politics” came about. I have always wondered whether election period could be...
The Ihedioha Imolites know
The 2015 general elections are now 33 days away. On February 14 and 28, voters in Imo State will join other citizens across the...
Under Obasanjo’s watch
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo released his autobiography, My Watch, on Tuesday, December 9 at the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja.
He defied an Abuja High Court...
Democracy without democrats
The article below was first published in 2011. Four years down the road, I am reproducing it to prove the point, in my view,...
Nigeria. Warlords. Impunity
In Nigeria, impunity walks on all fours. Miscreants are the lords of the Manor. They carve out empires and fiefdoms for themselves.
In the creeks...
Boko Haram must be defeated
We are gradually inching towards the end of 2014. We are on the cusp of a new year, 2015, which promises to be momentous,...
Junaid Mohammed and ethnic baiting
Professor Anya O. Anya reflected in an interview in April and concluded that Nigeria’s tragedy was the needless civil war. “The tragedy of Nigeria,”...
Tragedy of Obi’s defection
Peter Obi’s defection from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not surprise me.
Unlike Bianca, widow of Chukwuemeka...
The proxy war in Edo Assembly
As 2014 gradually comes to an end, the din of political activities is getting louder.
The most significant indication that the game has really started,...