Opinion

Six hundred and fifty eight days from today, Nigeria will be free from Muhammadu Buhari and his government. To count down is to wait for something to happen. You are counting down when you consciously take note of every day or moment as it passes until the end comes. In …

We started this series penultimate week with permutations regarding the conventions and congresses of Nigeria’s two major political parties – the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the run-up to the 2023 general elections. Last week, we examined the different scenarios that may …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Embattled Uche Secondus was elected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee chairman after a bitterly contested election held at the Eagles Square, Abuja on 10th December, 2017. Staunchly backed by PDP governors ably led by Rivers State’s Nyesom Wike and the then Ekiti State’s …

From a Nigerian perspective, the 32nd edition of the most glamorous sports event held in Tokyo, Japan, can best be described as a monumental disaster. That’s even putting it mildly. Not necessarily from a sporting dimension, but from an administrative angle. Our contingent cuddled the headlines for every wrong reason …

Despite the enormous potentials of Nigeria as a nation, the pungent truth is that the current dynamics won’t be altered until we redefine our mannerisms. Every sane society ought to be built strictly on the egalitarian principles of social, economic and political equality; not the skewed practice of nepotism, tribalism …

August 6, 2021 Only recently, it dawned on me that not a few married women are in limbo of hopeless sexual inactivity in their marriages. Let’s disregard the facade of happiness and superficial fulfillment some women display outside, many of them are in silent agony over sexual dysfunction of their …

It amazes, even confounds, to hear some people say President Muhammadu Buhari should go after Boko Haram terrorists and bandits with the same gusto he has displayed against separatists in the country. Amazing and confounding because what the Buhari government does daily in the North-east, North-west, and North-central parts of …

The popular Maxim that “a fish rots from the head down” is a metaphor for leadership ineptitude but due to our queer nature as a people, it is safe to say that we are an exception that proves the rule. That is not in any way an attempt to divorce …

DAAs? Put a stone on it. The main meat is insecurity in Enugu State. For obvious reasons, border communities are bearing the brunt of foreign Fulani terrorist herdsmen. Safeguarded by Miyetti Allah managers, who are in turn snuggled by government, the AK-47 and machete-wielding, mindless minions maim, kidnap, kill, rape …

The mountain top is a great place to be, but it is very slippery. History is full of cases of very promising heads lost to the sharp edges of indiscretion, of meeting or making bad friends, and of taking wrong bends. The most ‘popular’ names in Nigeria in the last …

Ahead of the November 6, 2021 governorship election, Dr. Obinna Chukwudum Uzoh, flag-bearer of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has defined a new vision to transform Anambra State from a human and infrastructure-challenged land of giants to a modern state, Louis Achi writes Indisputably, Anambra State is a land of …

In less than six agonising years, Nigerians have looked on with shock and utter disgust as the Muhammadu Buhari-led government frittered away the goodwill and optimism that greeted his emergence as winner of the keenly fought 2015 general elections. Gradually but surely, the deafening ovations of change and a break …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 I heard this joke on social media: A man was asked to define the difference between the PDP and APC; he said: Under PDP, when someone dies, cows are slaughtered to bury the person; but under APC, when a cow dies, human beings are slaughtered to …

Last week we started a series about possible scenarios in our match to the decisive year 2023. The year 2023 represents a watershed of a sort because the forces at play today in the political space and national life constitute a credible threat to National Unity. We have never been …

Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand- Buhari. Ordinarily, the …

How did you feel watching Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, inspecting the just completed multi-million dollars bridge at Ikom, Cross River State, early this week? Any person of goodwill, not overtaken by bile and ill will, would feel proud to be a Nigerian. Such people would be …

By now it is no news that the Supreme Court in Jegede v Akeredolu while dismissing Jegede’s suite expressed concern about the functions of the Extraordinary Caretaker and Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the leadership of HE Gov. Mai Marla Buni, relying on Section 183 …

Life is unfair. The heavens are not fathomable. We are all captives of the cruel whims of fate. My younger brother is gone. Prince Muis Adediran Shodipe-Dosunmu has transited to the realm beyond the human ken. There were five of us who sprung from the womb of Alhaja Taibat Abiola …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 This is not about the PDP or APC or any political party – better still, political platform – for there are really no political parties properly so-called in the present Nigerian political system. What we have are mere political platforms on which politicians contest elections, considering …

The film, Eyimofe (This is My Desire), has enjoyed rave reviews from leading media organizations in the world, including the influential New York Times, and has won awards and commendations globally. You will not know why until you watch the movie that is made in Nigeria, by Nigerian Directors (twin …

You could call it premonitions, dreams, forecasts, or revelations. I have a clear guesstimate of possible scenarios that will shape our political future and help us better understand what will most likely happen before, during, and after the 2023 elections in Nigeria. I have untangled the scenarios into four different …

President Joe Biden has a favorite sign-off at the end of every major speech: “May God bless America and may God protect our troops.” In August 2020, when he gave a speech at the Democratic Convention, Biden ended that way. Same for his November 7, 2020 speech after he won …

 The recent conviction of the former South African President Jacob Zuma by a South African court was indeed a clear demonstration of South Africa’s strong institutions based on the principle of the rule of law and the doctrine of the separation of powers as enshrined in the country’s constitution. It …

In the light of the tremendous stress laid upon the leadership role in both secular and religious worlds, it is a general principle that we can influence and lead others only so far as we ourselves have gone. The person most likely to be successful is the one who leads …

Email: alex.otti@thisdaylive.com “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything” Albert Einstein One of the imperatives of democracy is that the citizens must always be able to engage their representatives in government, asking them questions and holding them …