Opinion & Columns

By Gesiye Salo Angaye  In 2002, Nigeria’s population was estimated around 216.7 million and a total of 88.4 million, comprising 44.7 million men and 43.7 million women who lived in extreme poverty. Poverty means insufficient income, leading to lack of food, shelter, education, health-care, security, etc. Poverty persists partly because of mass …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  The hopes of Esan people of Edo Central senatorial district – that the 2024 governorship election will redeem the marginalisation of Esanland in the governance of Edo State – may be fizzling, or have fizzled out due partly to alleged handiwork or machination of some vauntily-ambitious Esan …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  The tenure of governor of Edo, Mr Godwin Obaseki, will end on November 11, 2024, and going by Section 178(2) of the amended 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, “election into the office shall hold not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 …

  By Ehichioya Ezomon  Former Lagos State Governor and Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) – a protégé and staunch ally of President Bola Tinubu – kicked-off the debate about whether Tinubu should intervene in the political crises in Rivers and Ondo states.  Speaking at the Nigerian …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  The crisis in the Rivers State polity is escalating and cascading in line with the advice of supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara – and literally as demanded by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – to adopt the Governor Godwin Obaseki playbook of taking no prisoners, to deal …

By Young Erhiurhoro The above topic is very timely and important for leaders of communities in the entire Niger-Delta region. Autocratic leadership is never receptive or acceptable to the subjects or indigenes of the community. It’s never acceptable to any right-thinking person in the community.  This is the major reason …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Many Nigerians agreed – and had hoped – that the amended Electoral Act 2022 would be a game changer in terms of its dynamism and innovation to cure obvious lapses in the electoral system, and ensure credibility and transparency of elections. But as shown in the process, …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu subtly took Governor Godwin Obaseki to the cleaners on November 19 in Abuja, prompting polity watchers to predict a “battle royale” ahead of the September 21, 2024, governorship poll to replace Obaseki, who completes his eight-year tenure next November. This comes two …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Because of the deck stacked against him – or more aptly, due to the deck he stacked against himself – it’s illusory to project the November 11, 2023, governorship in Bayelsa State as a walkover for former Governor Timipre Sylva. From the get go, Mr Sylva faced …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  This is a response to a comment on my October 30, 2023, piece on, “How Supreme Court trashed Atiku’s ‘fresh evidence’ from Chicago.” Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got the new evidence from President Bola Tinubu’s academic records and deposition to authenticate …