In terms of policy orientation, we characterize Tinubu as “market/welfarist”, Atiku as “market/capitalist”, Obi as “market/entrepreneurial” and Kwankwaso as “statist”.
How is the 2023 Presidential Contest Evolving? (1)
The elections are still six months away, which is almost an eternity in a complicated and evolving political campaign.
The 2023 Contest-Tinubu, Atiku, Obi and Kwankwaso
The battleground formation is now more-or-less complete-barring intervening catastrophic events, Nigeria’s next president will be Read More
Tinubu defies the odds
Tinubu has won a huge battle, but the war, Atiku Abubakar versus Bola Tinubu lies ahead.
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!
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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