The 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election— Random Thoughts

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsThe 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election— Random Thoughts

PilotnewsJune 6, 2022

We need a president, a solid person with the integrity, wisdom, knowledge, power, capacity, and love of the country to change our nation for good. —Dr. I. D. Onwudiwe _______________ After the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Primary Elections, one presidential aspirant complained bitterly about being “betrayed” by the other governors, hence his second placement for the PDP-nominated flag-bearer’s position. Atiku Abubaker won the tally while governor Nyesom Nwike from Rivers State lost resplendently. The governor’s...

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Let This Navel Pique Your Loins ―A Lover’s Invite

ColumnsFiction & PoetryLet This Navel Pique Your Loins ―A Lover’s Invite

PilotnewsJune 4, 2022

My love, Let these dotted nipples Point you In the way of truth. Let these fluffy boobs Enhance the fibre of your thought -to be wild and industrious. Let this navel Pique your loins To the point of no return Till you fulfill purpose. Let this road Lead you d o w n the paired arm Of Mesopotamia Wherein run the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Let the slimy waters Slide you seamlessly Into the well...

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Trouble Ahead in Zimbabwe

AfricaBlogColumnsTrouble Ahead in Zimbabwe

PilotnewsJune 3, 2022

Zimbabwe’s worsening social, political, and economic landscape means trouble for the Southern Africa subregion. Conditions for the people of Zimbabwe continue to go from bad to worse. Triple-digit inflation shows no signs of slowing.  Over half of the country lives in poverty.  Its corrupt government lurches from disinterest in the population’s pain to rosy projections for growth based on pure fantasy to clumsy interventions like the recent short-lived edict banning banks from lending. Politically, the merger...

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OPINION: Elite Compact Thrown Into Doubt as Atiku Abubakar’s Emergence Blows Nigerian Presidential Race Wide Open

ColumnsNigeria ElectionsOpinionOPINION: Elite Compact Thrown Into Doubt as Atiku Abubakar’s Emergence Blows Nigerian Presidential Race Wide Open

PilotnewsMay 31, 2022

The outcome of party presidential primaries appears to signal the end of post-military elite political consensus.   Insofar as the axle of political contestation in Nigeria is the struggle for power between the northern and southern elite blocs, systemic stability hinges on the moral understanding that power will rotate between the two regions. The order of succession since the inauguration of the Fourth Republic in 1999 has largely followed the logic of this entente, starting...

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OPINION: Party Structure and its Essence in Electoral Victory

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsOPINION: Party Structure and its Essence in Electoral Victory

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)May 31, 2022

No political party can win any serious election without strong membership that can rival or contain the membership of its closest opposition. That is what party structure is all about. During election seasons in Nigeria, the concept of party structure is one of the most used phrases. Much so that the meaning of the concept is now trapped in confusion of sorts. Some say money is the ultimate party structure. Others say it is voters....

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OPINION: Reaction to “Blasphemy” Killing Illustrates Complicated Role of Religion in Nigeria’s Democratic Transition

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionOPINION: Reaction to “Blasphemy” Killing Illustrates Complicated Role of Religion in Nigeria’s Democratic Transition

PilotnewsMay 27, 2022

Horrendous killing of college sophomore highlights the country’s ethnoreligious fault line, but interdenominational rivalry in the south is of no less moment.   All in all, reactions to the murder of Ms. Deborah Yakubu, a 200-level home economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, have exposed Nigeria’s deepest political fractures and lingering questions over citizenship, national identity, and secularity. On May 12, following disagreement over a WhatsApp voice note deemed to have been...

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Peter Obi: Between the Politics of a Delegate and the Downing Street Photoshoot

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionPeter Obi: Between the Politics of a Delegate and the Downing Street Photoshoot

PilotnewsMay 27, 20221

“Obi’s latest political move contradicts his own gospel of being indispensable, and it hurts his credibility moving forward.” Just a few days before his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was due for its national convention, Nigerian presidential hopeful Peter Obi shocked his camp with an announcement. Mr. Obi announced his resignation from the party and also his withdrawal from the presidential race on his party’s slate. There were, however, rumors that he would join the Labour...

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Abi You’re Not Thinking What I’m Thinking?

ColumnsFiction & PoetryLifestyleNigeriaAbi You’re Not Thinking What I’m Thinking?

PilotnewsMay 25, 2022

Is ‘brand’ a lie or a camouflage? Or should I ask: “Is camouflage a lie?”   Am I confused?   Certainly not Or Maybe.   Let’s talk about the CEO that pushes junk snack and drinks to the common man but forbids himself or his children to take them. He takes and feeds them soya milk and smoothies, instead.   But he is the CEO, isn’t it? Don’t tell me it’s for money. Or maybe...

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Indignity of a Sorry Mandate ―A Rage at The Wicked

ColumnsFiction & PoetryLifestyleIndignity of a Sorry Mandate ―A Rage at The Wicked

PilotnewsMay 25, 2022

It’s actually your dumb head for me. How you think to be hailed ‘The I Am That I Am’ How you envisage being praised ‘Baba hum baba hum’. Look at your fatty neck Suffocating your wind pipe, Full of stolen funds- The one you alleged to a monkey. Oh poor monkey.   Even this DRUM you call belly could pass for a parachute Come to think of it how does your tiny anus bear the...

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OPINION: Peter Obi’s Resignation from the PDP: Examining the Igbo Option to Nigeria’s Presidency

ColumnsNigeria ElectionsOpinionOPINION: Peter Obi’s Resignation from the PDP: Examining the Igbo Option to Nigeria’s Presidency

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)May 25, 2022

Since 2020, I devoted time to analyzing the chances of securing Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction. At the time, I had argued that Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction is not a Nigerian project but an Igbo project and hence, Igbo political elites should own it and drive it. But this never happened. Up till a little over two months ago, Peter Obi had maintained that he was not contesting for the highest office in the...

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