Endorsing Wadada
Elections in Nigeria were once about popularity, the will of the people and the aspiring politicians’ persuasion skills. Now they are as much about ingratiating yourself into the election management…
Shuaibu, a former Editor of the LEADERSHIP Newspapers, is based in Abuja.
Elections in Nigeria were once about popularity, the will of the people and the aspiring politicians’ persuasion skills. Now they are as much about ingratiating yourself into the election management…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria just sacked the Tanimu Turaki led National Working Committee of the opposition People’s Democratic Party. The party itself is now claiming there is a power…
Every now and then, former president and one-time military ruler, Olusegun Obasanjo offers insights and snippets of information on what is happening within successive Nigerian governments that have been elected…
One can argue that every political decision made by President Bola Tinubu in the last one year or two, has been a response to the lessons from the 2015 electoral…
In November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly met to vote on Resolution 181, partitioning British Mandate Palestine into two. One half would be a homeland for the Jewish people,…
From May 29, 2015, the very moment Bala Mohammed stepped down as Minister for the FCT, he was on the radar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It…
Incredible elections are won and lost in the dead of night, long after voters who stood guarding their votes are fast asleep. That is, for contestants relying on the dark…
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra recently brought up the inability of successive governments to invest in post-civil war reconstruction, at a forum of southeast governors. The Federal Government, he said,…
Atiku Abubakar has long reached retirement age. In fact, it has been more than three decades since he retired from the Nigerian Customs Service, diving straight into politics, and contesting…
It’s official. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has parted ways with Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, his longtime mentor, boss and political godfather. This comes after 30 years of mentorship in the Kwankwaso…