Tinubu defies the odds
Tinubu has won a huge battle, but the war, Atiku Abubakar versus Bola Tinubu lies ahead.
Advantage Atiku Abubakar!
Ironically as late as it comes, 2023 may turn out to be Atiku Abubakar’s best chance at securing Nigeria’s presidency.
I am not at all surprised that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries last Saturday May 28, 2022. It was always the most probable outcome.
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Nigeria’s history of programmed crises
Till date Nigeria continues to reflect Britain’s sub-optimal vision for Nigeria.
When as a postgraduate student of law at the University of Lagos in the late 1980s I had to select four subjects for my LLM classes, I chose Secured Credit Transactions, Comparative Company Law and International Economic Law.
South-West in disarray
What is wrong with us? Even if it is a curse, can’t we awake from our bewitchment and deliver ourselves from captivity?
For us in what I prefer to refer to as Western Nigeria, but which is now colloquially spoken of as “South-West” Nigeria in the context of the so-called “six geo-political zones,” it seems that our case is now appearing to be like that of the biblical Job – “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me” (Job 3: 25 KJV).
Osinbajo in Remo
From the turnout and enthusiasm at the event, it does appear Remo is excited about and supportive of the prospects of an Osinbajo Presidency!
Nigeria’s economic and political scenarios — failing or failed?
The parallels with Afghanistan and the attempted ISIS Caliphate in Syria, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East is a sign of the possibilities across Nigeria.
For some strange reason, I encountered three different “reports” on the same day, Wednesday April 20, 2022 which re-ignited my worries about the fate of this our dear nation, Nigeria.
2023: The ‘South-South’ Challenge
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