QUALIFICATION FOR PRESIDENT

BY OSBORNE IWEKA QUALIFICATION FOR PRESIDENT. The agitation surrounding qualification required by a President has been overshadowed by politics, we have left the main issues and are busy pontificating on…

FAILURE OF GOVERNANCE: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CONSEQUENCES

BY OLATUNDE OLAYINKA AYINDE I finished postgraduate training in psychiatry and I was confident I would get a job soon. Why would I not? One in seven Nigerians would have…

2019: BUHARI AND ATIKU VS THE OTHERS

BY SEYI MAFOLABOMI We will only deceive ourselves as Nigerians if we think any other party has the ability to win the forthcoming elections, outside of APC or PDP. Let…

NIGERIOLOGY

BY FRANCIS OLAMIDE The challenges many third world countries are facing can be traced back to lack of starting capital, but Nigeria is very fortunate to have both startup and…

NIGERIAN POLITICS: THE BIG FISH SMALL POND THEORY

BY YEMI FETCH There's an interesting theory promulgated by the master strategist, Malcolm Gladwell. In his book, “David and Goliath” Gladwell talked about being a big fish in a small…

BEFORE WE MAKE THAT POLITICAL PURCHASE

BY OSBORNE IWEKA The pain that comes with child birth cannot be wished away. The excruciating pain of labour is forgotten by the mother however, once the child is born.…

BOLA AHMED TINUBU: A CASE STUDY IN INFLUENCE PEDDLING

BY YEMI FETCH I don't like Tinubu. And I'm sure he doesn't even care what I think of him. However, I admire his understanding of the game of politics. Yes…

NIGERIA DESERVES BETTER

BY TINUOLA OYINLOLA ASHA Everything in Nigeria is bewildering. Yes, everything. Most especially, Politics. For instance, why are morally bankrupt, unrefined people with questionable characters holding sway while the enlightened,…

10 WAYS TO SUCCEED AS A POLITICIAN IN NIGERIA

BY OLATUNDE OLAYINKA AYINDE 1. Know that Nigerians have defective personal and collective memories. They will always forgive you no matter how much you steal, how poorly you performed or…

THE ROAD TO ASO ROCK VILLA

BY MARTINS ITUA The battle-lines have been drawn between President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar as they fight for the soul of Nigeria in the forthcoming 2019…