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It is the turn of the people of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria, to pass through the ordeal of a governorship election in the country. The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, the body empowered to organize elections in Nigeria has since scheduled Saturday, November 16, 2024 as voting day for the contest. Indeed, as far back as May 25, 2024, INEC had published particulars of nominated candidates from 17 political parties.
When I was young, there were many cases of witchcraft. Old, withering women who had confessed to being witches and claimed to have carried out grave, horrific acts such as killing their own children and husbands, or causing similar tragedies within the community. The witches were mostly old, wrinkled and miserable women.
Within the last three years, I’ve written on Nigeria’s government-owned universities more than any other topic. The most recent one appeared only two months ago titled, “Before the Next ASUU Strike”. Apart from being critical to the general social, economic and political development of the country, this interest is also rooted in my own personal journey.
Our esteemed house of representatives has just passed the second reading of a bill to arm Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officials. You heard that right. The folks who hide behind bends to catch you for expired papers and drivers license now want to do it with guns.
At the outset, let me make an important disclosure. I am a federalist and a proponent of competitive federalism for a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, vast country as Nigeria.
“President Tinubu and his wife are certain that we are going somewhere that is good. Mrs. Tinubu made the point the other day that we, Nigerians are not seeing what the Lord is doing and that in two years, we will all see the truth.”
Nigeria’s fitful attempts to clean up its politics continue to suffer seismic setbacks in Rivers State where bitter politics of succession is combined with the desperation of politicians to pollute the environment.
Nigerians believe strongly in the power of magic and juju. Christianity and Islam could not eliminate or even dilute it. That belief was simply transferred to Christianity and Islam and continued under a new platform.
On May 17th 2024, this column published a piece with the tittle “An Emperor and His Nemesis”. It was a prognostic analysis of the impending political crisis in Rivers State because of the suffocating hold of ex-governor Wike on his surrogate, Siminalayi Fubara, the incumbent governor of the state.
Last Friday, pictures emerged from the UK showing President Bola Tinubu seated in what appeared to be a private office.