By Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill Politics like life is always in a state of constant evolution. The way that things were, back in 1999, changed in 2007. Governor Odili and Omehia found this out the hard way. Since then, things did not stop changing and it’s now a lot clearer to many, that power of […]
Category: Opinion Politics
By Martin Tachio On May 29th 2023, hopefully, there will be a transition of power in Nigeria from the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to yet another government that Nigerians will be at their ‘mercy’. Yes, I said mercy because no one ever imagined the level of gnashing of teeth, we will go through when […]
By Kunle Somorin There is a reason intellectuals avoid sweeping generalizations, prefacing their submissions with checks such as ‘perhaps.’ As people who mean to be taken seriously, they are aware that their postulations are necessarily limited by their own exposure and knowledge, and that, in simple terms, they cannot assume too much. This “intellectual caution,” […]
By Josephine Anenih I have observed with growing concern the state of politics in Edo State. I had to this point remained silent, as I assumed, wrongly, that reason would prevail and the interests of Edo people and Edo state would be put ahead of any other consideration, personal or partisan. Sadly, I was mistaken, […]
By Ehichioya Ezomon The boxing bout hasn’t started and yet, a blow has landed on the nose. This is an Esan proverb that depicts the mud-fight between Governor Dave Umahi and political leaders in Ebonyi State. It’s barely three weeks that Umahi defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress […]
Buhari and Oshiomhole By Ehichioya Ezomon Did President Muhammadu Buhari sketch around the series of crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) because he’s slow to anger and making up his mind, and taking decisive actions? Besides, where does his mantra of “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody,” and having “absolute trust” […]
By Ehichioya Ezomon The lead headline of New Telegraph of Monday, December 7, 2020, to wit: “APC, PDP hold sway in 11 states’ legislative polls,” was a tell-it-all one-liner that captured the outcome of the December 5, bye-elections held across Nigeria. Further to the headline, the introductory paragraphs stated that, “Nigeria’s ruling party, the All […]
By Ehichioya Ezomon If politics were mathematics, in which two plus two equals four, it would have been game over for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19, governorship election in Edo State. But in politics, two plus two can produce a different result. That’s why barely two months and one week to the poll, and […]
Obaseki and Ize -Iyamu set to lock horns again By Ehichioya Ezomon Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), barely one-week old as the main opposition party in Edo State, have elected Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the candidate in the September 19 governorship election. The “direct primaries” held after APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) rejected […]
Yakubu Dogara By Ehichioya Ezomon Different strokes for different folks. That’s the situation in the past week at the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in regard to former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara. Dogara recently switched camp from the PDP to APC, the second in […]