Niran Adedokun
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Lagos, LA, Nigeria
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How did PDP expect win?
The only real surprise from last Saturday’s presidential election was Labour Party (LP)’s Peter Obi’s magical win in Lagos and other parts of the country. Obi was definitely bound to → Read More
This election can go any way
In two days, Nigerians will vote in an election that is, in many respects, like none that the country has had since 1999. For starters, regardless of what the pundits → Read More
Shanty Town: Nancy Isime didn’t have to explain
In 1996, when Kenneth Nnebue’s NEK Pictures released Part 2 of the movie Glamour Girls, I wrote a piece warning Nigeria’s moralist army that they had seen nothing. Criticisms of → Read More
Police and the value of Nigerian lives
One of the most frightening things about Nigeria is the attitude toward life. This otherwise beautiful country is turning into a gunman’s haven. Our leaders, with their incompetence and lack → Read More
Burna Boy and how to survive fame
When I saw the video of Grammy Award winner Burna Boy’s last performance in Lagos and the vitriol he passed on to his fans, my mind went back to an → Read More
Bolanle Raheem's death is more than police brutality
Omobolanle Raheem’s murder by a police officer in Lagos on Sunday reveals more about governance in Nigeria than mere police brutality. The sad event shows the lack of respect for → Read More
As veteran journalists put the media on trial
As a communications practitioner, I am scandalised by the response of Messrs Bayo Onanuga and Dele Alake, two media veterans and leaders of the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign, to → Read More
Amaechi didn’t buy his law degree, so what?
I once read this fascinating story, whose source I cannot remember, about the late Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of Northern Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello. By the way, there is a → Read More
Open letter to Fashola on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Dear Minister, I hope this letter, hopefully not an irritant, meets you well. I also hope that your family is well, and that work is going smoothly. About work, I → Read More
Kashim Shettima and Tinubu’s 'ruthlessness'
Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, is a man of letters and intellect. Added to his erudition is his unapologetic conviction and power of oratory, uncommon → Read More
Queen Elizabeth was not Nigeria’s problem
Last Thursday’s death of Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom brought another opportunity to interrogate Nigerians’ perception of their own realities. Before her transition, arguments had risen as to the → Read More
Fani Kayode and Dino Melaye on the loose
“I will, more than ever before, subject myself to severe self-discipline. Only men who are masters of themselves easily become masters of others. Therefore, my thoughts, my tongue, and my → Read More
Why Wike may not back down
I am horrified by Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike’s, endless vituperations against the Peoples Democratic Party and some of its stalwarts. Expectedly, many other Nigerians feel the same way about → Read More
Globacom @19: A salute to private enterprise
These days, Nigerians are so bogged down with the drudgery of daily living, they fail to acknowledge, not to speak about applauding the good things about themselves. It is hard → Read More
Atiku, not Wike is PDP’s problem
Until recently, I considered Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of Nigeria’s most prepared aspirants. Atiku, who has become a career aspirant for → Read More
TRIBUTE: Ibrahim Attahiru
“General Attahiru always led from the front. I remember when we were at Operation Lafiya Dole. He was always abreast of events. It helped that I had been there ahead → Read More
Can the national assembly impeach Buhari?
The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999 as amended) in section 143 gives the national assembly sweeping powers and lays the procedure for the removal of a president → Read More
On Peter Obi's candidacy
Even though she didn’t appear to be on an evangelical mission, award-winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie, added her voice to Peter Obi’s political support project on Tuesday. It was Obi’s 61st birthday → Read More
Let Tinubu bear the burden of his choice
Except for members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), I do not understand the contestations following APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s choice of a running mate. If you → Read More
Atiku and Tinubu: Personal ambition or patriotism?
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are on the same extreme trajectory they travelled in marketing their candidates and de-marketing the opposition in → Read More