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Up against the wall, Tinubu will need his famed political savvy—and more—to stanch rising discontent in Nigeria.   Twice in the past two-and-a-half years, it had seemed all but certain that Bola Tinubu would be denied the object of all his political labors. The first time was in October 2020 when some #EndSARS protesters in Lagos took out their frustration with the Nigerian political establishment on investments and properties believed to be owned by Tinubu, including Television...

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Most well-meaning Nigerians are of the opinion that for Nigeria to progress, she needs a New Constitution that we can call our own. A “We-The-People” Constitution. I most respectfully disagree. As radical as it may sound, very mindful of the multiplicity of our Ethnic Nationalities with the attendant sensibilities, we don’t really need a new we-the-people constitution to progress if we can reboot our National Assembly through a well-conceived Constitutional Amendment that is much easier...

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Peter Obi may have lost the Nigerian presidential election, but he and the movement he leads may yet win the political war. This time last year, no one saw Peter Obi coming. Mentally, Nigerians were preparing for yet another general election in a series dominated since the country’s return to democracy in 1999 by the incumbent All Progressives Congress (APC) and its rival People’s Democratic Party (PDP). An uninspiring two-horse race seemed all but guaranteed,...

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The Igbo political elite faces the challenge of transforming an unimpeachable moral argument into a winning political coalition. As campaigning for the just concluded presidential election gathered pace, Peter Obi, standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP) found himself athwart two apparently contrary impulses. The first, let’s call it the liberal impulse, centered on the irrepressible energy and creativity of the “Obi-dient,” the mass of mostly young enthusiasts who had come to see the former Anambra State...

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In about one week or so, Nigerians will elect a new President and National Assembly. And, from all socio-political indications, the only thing that is surely certain is that the Nigerian Political Landscape will be structurally and behaviourally altered for good. Make no mistakes, some political merchants, with open approval of APC-PDP, will try to rig the Election. But that will not work this time around because the era of blatant and mindless rigging and...

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Whether he wins the presidency or not, Peter Obi has already changed the course of Nigerian politics for good. This time last year, Peter Obi was just one of several politicians gunning for the presidential ticket of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Personally, he was only hoping to go one step further than he had four years ago when he secured the same party’s nomination as running mate to Atiku Abubakar. All that changed...

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All eyes are on Nigeria as it prepares for its general election in early 2023. Has the government convinced Nigerians that their votes, and lives, will be secure? Nigeria’s 2023 general election is just weeks away. With incumbent President Mohammadu Buhari term-limited, the country will be choosing a new leader. That new president will immediately confront an exhausting array of challenges, from multiple, complex security crises to a disastrously mismanaged economy. In a recent Afrobarometer survey, nearly 89...

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the trending documents, which indicted Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, of drug trafficking and money laundering in the United States. Peoples Gazette on Tuesday published a 58-page document said to be released by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois detailing Tinubu’s drug deals and receipt of illegal money while in the US. The court judgement docketed on 26 July 1993 and certified by Thomas O....

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ENUGU — Justice Nkonye Evelyn Maha of the Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday disqualified Chijioke Edeoga the Enugu state Labour Party gubernatorial candidate and ordered the party to organize fresh primaries within 14 days. The contention was over the authentic candidate for the party as Chief Everest Nnaji, popularly referred to as Odengene alleged that he was unlawfully skewed out of the process. Nnaji filed a suit at the Abuja High court to determine...

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ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has been listed as a respondent in about 600 cases on issues arising from party primaries. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC’s chairman, said this on Monday at a capacity-building workshop for justices and judges on electoral matters, in Abuja. According to him, the commission has been dealing with the issues of candidates’ nominations from political parties, adding that the preparation for the forthcoming elections has...

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