Yemi Osinbajo and Bola Tinubu
Most of the politicians whose names have been mentioned in connection with Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election, either as a hopeful or an aspirant would readily tell you it is too early to talk about the next election. Don’t buy that.
Sunday Igboho
By Abimbola Adelakun
Last Monday, the seemingly intractable crisis between Fulani herdsmen and South-West inhabitants got some breakthrough when the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria gave in to the demands of governors. According to reports, following a … Read the rest
Sunday Igboho
It was in 2009. The Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin ordered a rerun in a number of polling units in the election between Segun Oni of PDP and Dr Kayode Fayemi of ACN.
Oni had in the main election and … Read the rest
Amotekun
When you present a freshly brewed, strong coffee to a guest, and he takes a sip and immediately puts it down because of its strength, what do you do? You offer milk, and dilute. The milk not only changes the … Read the rest
Virtually everything in Nigeria no matter how well-meaning ends up getting ethnicized, or politicized, or religionized. So it is with Operation Amotekun: the Western Nigeria Security Network whose recent launch by the Governors of the South West, on January 9, … Read the rest
Amotekun…Beast of illusion (1)
To the murderous herdsmen, trespass is euphoric and subliminally erotic perhaps. Hence they rape farmers’ wives, daughters, sisters and even grandmothers, while plundering peasant farmlands.
Supposedly miffed and driven to self-preservation, the Southwest Governors’ Forum … Read the rest