Kuje Prison Attack Shows Boko Haram-Bandits Merger – Kperogi
This week’s notes are from Atlanta because I am on summer vacation with my family until the end of the weekend. Although I have, for…
Category: ARTICLES
Peter Obi: Visiting the “Sin” of the Son on the Father – Kperogi
This unidentified IPOB activist stepping on the Nigerian flag while robed in the colours of the Biafran flag is being falsely called Peter Obi’s son…
Continuing ASUU Strike a Shame on All of Us – Kperogi
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on strike for nearly five months now. As a consequence, hundreds of thousands of students in…
Opinion: Where Are Tinubu’s NYSC Records? – Kperogi
People who’re questioning Tinubu’s Chicago State University degree are barking up the wrong tree. A Bola Ahmed Tinubu indeed graduated from there after earning a…
Justice Tanko Has Neither Honour Nor Integrity – Kperogi
Honour is the norm society expects you to abide by and integrity is, to quote British writer C. S. Lewis, “doing the right thing, even…
Lawan, Akpabio, and INEC’s Crippling Moral Crisis – Kperogi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is not a neutral arbiter of elections in Nigeria. It’s bought and paid for by politicians, and is amenable…
PVCs as “Poverty Verification Cards” – Farooq
If what happened in the Ekiti State governorship election is any guide, the party that will win the 2023 presidential election would be the party…
Two Signs APC Still Not Ready to Govern After Buhari – Kperogi
It's OK to despise PDP and Atiku Abubakar. I do, too. But the truth is that, of Nigeria's major political parties, only PDP has shown…
Nomination of “Place Holders” by Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi is Unknown to Law – Human Rights Lawyer Effiong
The concept of a “place holder” that some presidential candidates are resorting to is unknown to the Constitution and the Electoral Act. When a name…
The Peter Obi Tsunami APC and PDP are Underrating – Kperogi
Former Anambra State governor Peter Obi is inspiring a powerful, social media-enabled, youth-led political tidal wave that will radically change the contours of the 2023…
Okowa Will Neither Help Nor Hurt Atiku – Kperogi
Atiku Abubakar decided to play safely in his choice of a running mate. Okowa is a meek, lacklustre, barely politically visible governor who may neither…
Ahmed Lawan’s Sweet Karmic Punishment – Kperogi
Senate President Ahmed Lawan wanted to set his party--and the country-- on fire by conspiring with the Aso Rock cabal to not only discard the…
Peter Obi and the Audacity of Hope – Rudolph Okonkwo
On Monday, August 4, 2004, one week after he made a speech at the Democratic Party’s convention in Boston, I wrote a column for the Nigeriaworld called…
2023 Election’s Date with History – Kperogi
The 2023 presidential election is pregnant with history in ways no other election year has been in recent memory.
Nigeria: Giant Made Dwarf by Its Leaders – John
Nigeria is often referred to as the giant of Africa. This reference used to be reasonable when considered from the positioning of the country, its…
A Muslim-Muslim Ticket in APC? – Kperogi
When Obasanjo favoured northern Christians in appointments during his administration, he defended his action by insisting that he was guided by considerations of competence, not…
