Nigeria's 2023 Presidential Election Archives

Azu Ishiekwene writes about Muhammadu Buhari and his legacy.

It was the inability of Abubakar’s legal team to meet this herculean challenge that forced them on a forgery tourism ...

Ugoji Egbujo writes a letter to Aig Imokhuede on the issue around the Wigwe family.

The metamorphosis of Uncle Soyinka, By Ugoji Egbujo

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September 17, 2023

Professor Wole Soyinka I believe Tinubu probably won the elections. But the idea that Obi and the Labour Party had ...

Dakuku Peterside writes about the Mokwa flood.

Why this presidential transition matters, By Dakuku Peterside

byDakuku Peterside

May 22, 2023

...most Nigerians will be enthralled less by the rituals and ceremonies and would rather focus more on the overarching challenges ...

Jideofor Adibe interrogates the Strategic Autonomy thesis of Minister Yusuf Tuggar.

Legitimacy and the incoming government, By Jideofor Adibe

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May 17, 2023

...Virtually every part of the country has an institutionalised memory of hurt and a feeling of being marginalised or unfairly ...

Odion Omonfoman writes about the new ESPRA bill and the electricity industry.

Of Chimamanda Adichie: President-elect Tinubu, your silence no longer golden, By Odion Omonfoman

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April 7, 2023

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu Dear Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Let me congratulate you and your party, the All Progressives Congress ...

Dele Alake writes about Chidi Amuta and the Obidients.

Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, foreign media and inaccurate reporting, By Dele Alake

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March 18, 2023

Contrary to the innuendos and aspersions being cast on the election by organisations such as Financial Times, Economist, New York ...

Ebenezer Obadare writes about the Lagos-New York-London echo chamber.

The Lagos-New York-London echo chamber, By Ebenezar Obadare

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March 11, 2023

Perhaps Western journalists might have seen things differently if only they bothered to look, but such was their hurry to ...

Jibrin Ibrahim writes about the looming explosion in Nigeria.

Elections with guns to the head: Reversing judiciary-induced democratic regression, By Jibrin Ibrahim

byJibrin Ibrahim

March 10, 2023

In most of such cases of signing results under duress, the judiciary has chosen to play dumb by ruling that ...

The presidential election and the x factor, By Simbo Olorunfemi

bySimbo Olorunfemi

March 6, 2023

An interrogation of the results leads one to the conclusion that whereas the win might have been in favour of ...

Akin Fadeyi writes about the untimely passing of Adenike Adebisi.

Congratulations Asiwaju: Your road will be rough, By Akin Fadeyi

byAkin Fadeyi

March 6, 2023

President-elect Bola Tinubu with his deputy, Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima. Congratulations, His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and His Excellency ...

Judicial intervention as extension of 2023 elections, By Dakuku Peterside

byDakuku Peterside

March 6, 2023

The national elections are technically over and the battle for the consolidation of democracy has shifted to the courts. The ...

Chiawolamoke Nwankwo writes about the new bank capitalisation.

INEC, all ears for more on “negligent” staff, By Chiawolamoke Nwankwo

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March 6, 2023

INEC Chair, Professor Mahmood Yakubu As the most critical institution in our democratic process, accountability and transparency demand that Yakubu ...

Wole Olaoye writes on what needs to be done differently in curtailing banditry.

2023 poll: Audit, don’t cancel!, By Wole Olaoye

byWole Olaoye

March 5, 2023

What we require to put the matter to rest is a forensic audit of the entire process and the tools ...

Seun Kolade writes about the phenomenon of Yes Daddy and the daddification of the church.

In praise of “no structure”, By Seun Kolade

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March 5, 2023

‘No structure” has opened new vistas of opportunities for Nigeria’s otherwise flailing democracy. It is thanks to “No Structure” that ...

Owei Lakemfa writes about the impact of sad colonialism that still lingers on in the world.

The international politics of observing elections, By Owei Lakemfa

byOwei Lakemfa

March 4, 2023

International observers come, make their observation and fly out, leaving the locals to their fate; many are birds of passage ...

Imam-Murtada-Gusau writes about welcoming the Islamic new year (1447 After Hijrah).

Friday Sermon: Let’s believe in predestination and support Jagaban for the good of our country!, By Murtadha Gusau

byMurtadha Gusau

March 3, 2023

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate and president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, ...

Zainab Suleiman Okino writes about Sule Lamido and his new biography.

Presidential election: Losers and winners in perspective, By Zainab Suleiman Okino

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March 1, 2023

In the eyes of the people, Labour Party won this election, and there is no better way to reciprocate the ...

Femi Falade writes about Nigeria's 2023 Presidential election.

How we can save Nigeria, By Femi Falade

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March 1, 2023

My appeal to us, the good people of Nigeria, is to see the good in the outcome of this election. ...

Akpandem-James writes about Nigeria's drill or drop policy.

Presidential election done, tendencies unveiled, potentates demystified, By Akpandem James

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March 1, 2023

With what was commonplace on social media platforms populated by people with higher educational certificates and professional/vocational exposures, it is ...