There has been a presumption amongst APC politicians in Western Nigeria that the post-Buhari Presidency is their just reward for the role the region played in installing Muhammadu Buhari as president in 2015.
How top contenders stack up in the journey to 2023
On December 10, 2021, I wrote the first in my series as I run an active commentary on the unfolding and evolving political transition towards the 2023 presidential elections. I noted the troubling policy, governance and security context the Buhari regime would be bequeathing to whoever turns out to be his successor and analysed the admittedly evolving field of putative presidents that was already developing.
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Opeyemi Agbaje: Tribute to Igbobi College at 90
My family is an Igbobi College family. Four of us went to Igbobi College-my oldest brother Bolaji who left the school in 1979 (79/81 Set) and lives in the US; my immediate elder brother Bidemi who is of the 80/82 Set who also lives in America but is frequently in Nigeria; I left Igbobi in 1981 (81/83 Set) and my Abuja-based junior brother Bori or better known these days as Supo belongs to the 83/85 Set.
Opeyemi Agbaje: The journey to 2023
As 2021 rounds up, it is already very evident that 2022 may be almost entirely devoted to the battle to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The Buhari government is faced with troubling policy and governance challenges – a worsening security context with more-or-less a breakdown of law and order in the North-West, North-East and many parts of the North-Central as terrorists and insurrectionists