Opinion
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‘Change will come’: Africa’s ‘dinosaur’ leaders win polls, but their young challengers won’t fade away
Last week’s win for the ruling party in Nigeria is a familiar result across the continent, but opposition movements won’t…
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What really matters to Obasanjo, By Azu Ishiekwene
The last thing he wants to hear is that he desires anything other than what is good for Nigeria. Hero…
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Of June 12, 1993 and stolen mandate 2023, By Steve Osuji
Let it be put on record that a pan-Nigerian mandate freely given to Peter Obi of Labour Party was stolen…
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My country is in a fragile place, By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Imagine standing patiently in line, waiting to vote, and suddenly men with guns arrive on motorcycles and start shooting. Imagine…
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Fabrication of ‘Emilokan’ tribal democracy via INEC, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
He never left anybody in doubt that he was coming on a tribal wicket. Nigerian presidential contestants across board…
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Journey into political oblivion: Sad end of Wike, By Amanze Obi
A few weeks ago, I had cause in this column to reflect on the G-5, the so-called splinter group of…
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Obi may win popular vote, lose national spread, then what? By Farooq Kperogi
Everyone agrees that this is by far the most difficult Nigerian election to predict since at least 1999. In the…
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Strange reasons why Nigerians should be grateful to Buhari, By Victor Anazonwu
When you live in an old, broken and leaking house, you spend a fortune on maintenance and still endure a…
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Will Peter Obi pull off what Imran Khan did in Pakistan?
I have been following the economic and political developments in Nigeria from Singapore. It may be difficult to fully grasp…
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February 25: For Nigerians, history beckons, By Emeka Alex Duru
For Nigeria and Nigerians, tomorrow, February 25, 2023, holds a lot. It is a day for the country’s presidential and…
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