2027: The arithmetic election — Inside Nigeria’s fractured race for Aso Rock The opposition’s math has never really been the problem. Assembling the opposition has. By Nkanu EgbeLagos Metropolitan In February 2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the Nigerian presidency with 36.61 per cent of the vote — one of the thinnest mandates in the country’s Read More…
John Cardinal Onaiyekan has been known as a temperate, sagacious and even-handed man for all his 82 years on earth. Anyone now trying to cast him in the mould of a rabble-rouser does so in vain. President Tinubu, in his own case, has always been a straight-shooting, wily exponent of ‘political wiseness’. The convivial smokescreen Read More…
NDC Registration Voided — Lagos Metropolitan Lagos Metropolitan · Politics Desk 26 June 2026 · Lokoja, Kogi State A Federal High Court has pulled the rug from under the Nigeria Democratic Congress — the party Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso joined barely two months ago. Here is what the ruling actually says, who the Peace Read More…
If Dr Goodluck Jonathan were my brother, I would find a quiet place to have a heart-to-heart fraternal talk with him. Don’t Run “My dear brother, God has been so kind to you that He could be accused of being partial. Imagine, in a country of 200 million people, He picked you from the stable Read More…
By Nkanu Egbe In 2015, Nigerians discovered that social media could win elections. APC “social warriors” waged relentless online campaigns against the PDP, and their victory entrenched digital warfare in the public sphere. Then came #ENDSARS in 2020: a youth‑led uprising against police brutality, the Lekki toll‑gate massacre, and the impunity of the state. Out Read More…
Every Tamuno, Dike and Hadi knows that the 2027 elections in Nigeria will be primarily between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The recent de-listing of ADC’s officials (Senator David Mark and former governor Rauf Aregbesola) from the INEC portal will not stop the gang-up against the APC. As Read More…
By Nkanu Egbe When Senator Babafemi Ojudu warned in a widely shared post that “Lagos is playing with fire”, he struck a raw nerve in Nigeria’s largest and most complex city. His essay, published on LinkedIn, raised concerns about ethnic politics in Lagos—particularly actions and rhetoric that may alienate or provoke segments of its diverse Read More…
Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, emphasises the crucial role of education and healthcare in eradicating violence against women in society. Through his Media Aide, Mr. Michael Nwolisa, Obi articulated this stance in a series of tweets on his handle to commemorate the Global International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Read More…
The leader of Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party, Peter Obi, expressed his criticism on Monday regarding the Supreme Court’s recent ruling, which upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February elections. Obi also pledged to persist in his fight for a “New Nigeria.” The Supreme Court’s decision on October 26 dismissed the attempt to overturn the Read More…
A major political storm has erupted as the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, took centre stage in the ongoing controversy surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s alleged identity crisis. Obi’s call for transparency on President Tinubu’s identity has set the stage for a heated debate in the political arena, prompting a swift and robust response Read More…
