Author: People&Politics

Oct

04

2026

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Nigerian Editors Call for Electoral Reforms, 50% Presidential Threshold, Timely Election Dispute Resolution

BREAKING

OUR REPORTER The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has called for far-reaching constitutional and electoral reforms to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy, including the introduction of a 50 per cent threshold for presidential elections and the resolution of electoral disputes before the swearing-in of declared winners. The Guild also called for reforms to the process of appointing the Chairman, National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as well as State Electoral Commissioners. The resolutions were contained in the communiqué issued at the end of the 22nd All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC 2026), held in Enugu from…

Sep

23

2026

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DE-RISKING AFRICA AND DEMOCRATIZING ITS WEALTH: Aliko Dangote and the Transformative Promise of the People’s IPO

Economy, Opinion

By ANAYO AGULagos, September 22, 2026 There are moments when a business transaction becomes larger than business. It becomes a statement about a people's confidence, a continent's possibilities and the future its leaders are prepared to build. The question such moments force on us is uncomfortable but long overdue: if Africans will not invest in Africa, on what basis do we ask the rest of the world to do so? I first glimpsed the implications of this question at the Tony Elumelu Foundation, in its audacious confrontation with the barriers facing Africa's startups and early-stage founders. They are conspicuous to…

Sep

20

2026

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APC And The ‘Top To Bottom’ Campaign Slang In The South-East

Column, Opinion

By SHEDDY OZOENE Two weeks ago, I visited a National Assembly candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from one of the South-East states at his Abuja home. He had just returned from his state, where the 2027 campaigns were already gathering momentum, and I wanted to find out how he was coping. My first observation was that he looked unusually tired for a campaign that had barely started. He looked almost as if his return to Abuja was an escape from the heckling back home. “My brother, e no easy o,” he told me.Obviously. It was written all over…

Sep

20

2026

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A Brother Called Judas: Is Charles Soludo Cain?

Opinion

By FESTUS ADEDAYO History records that the most fatal stabs always come from within oneself. In other words, there is a motif of proximity to stabs. Deepest wounds are often delivered, not by external rivals, but by those within the same household or friends. On September 22, 1828, the reality of the above dawned on the Zulu of present day South Africa. Afflicted by a strange psychosis that struck him after the death of Nandi, his mother, King Shaka Zulu went berserk. He ordered a year-long mourning of Nandi, forbade planting of new crops, banned milk from the kingdom and…

Sep

15

2026

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NGE Urges Govts to Ensure Level Playing Field for 2027 Elections

BREAKING, News

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has called on the Federal and state governments to provide an enabling environment for all political parties and their candidates to campaign freely and fairly ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Guild also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other agencies involved in preparations for the elections to ensure a level playing field for all political parties, including the ruling and opposition parties, without bias or discrimination. The NGE made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of its Standing Committee meeting held in Kano on Friday, September 11,…

Sep

10

2026

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Tinubu’s Desperation Endangers Nigeria’s Democracy

Opinion

By IKECHUKWU AMAECHI Former Rivers State governor Chibuike Amaechi buried his mother, Ezinne Mary Oruah, on May 5, 2026 in Ubima, his ancestral Ikwerre hometown. It was a celebration of life. At 89 years, she lived long and well. Her son was not only a two-term governor but also Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly for eight years and Minister of Transportation. When his ministerial tour of duty ended, he set his eyes on the country’s ultimate political diadem – presidency. He is Atiku Abubakar’s running-mate in the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the African Democratic Congress…

Sep

07

2026

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Sex Without Consent: Why Many Lagos Men Will End Up in Jail

Column, Opinion

By SHEDDY OZOENE Penultimate week, the Lagos State Government threw married men in the state a bombshell: husbands who have sex with their wives without their consent could face prosecution and, in some circumstances, life imprisonment. It came, as they say, from the blues; at a time when our attention has been taken over by insecurity and scary prospects of the impending 2027 elections. Lagos suddenly reminded married men that there may be another danger waiting for them at home. The warning was given by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Dr Babajide Martins,…

Sep

03

2026

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Tinubu’s Dark Past Imperils Nigeria’s Sovereignty

Column, Opinion

By IKECHUKWU AMAECHI Tinubu’s dark past imperils Nigeria’s sovereignty: In Tinubu, the western hegemons have finally got what they had always desired in a Nigerian president – a vulnerable leader hobbled by his past. With Tinubu as president, Nigeria doesn’t stand a chance because the worst thing that can happen to a people is to be in a debilitating bind where a president’s dark past becomes an albatross imperiling the country’s sovereignty. President Bola Tinubu It is indubitable, all pretensions to the contrary notwithstanding, that this is not the best of times for President Bola Tinubu. Granted, he is a…

Aug

31

2026

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The Drums of War and Nigeria’s Endangered Voters

Column, Opinion

By SHEDDY OZOENE Every election season in Nigeria has traditionally been a time for persuasion. Political parties sell their programmes, candidates present their records and promises, and voters weigh their options. That civic tradition is now under threat. As the country moves towards the 2027 general elections, a darker pattern is emerging. Some politicians and their supporters, often protected by their closeness to power or influence, are increasingly suggesting that victory for their preferred candidates—usually candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)—is non-negotiable and that those who stand in their way could face consequences. When the discussion moves away…

Aug

31

2026

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NELFUND, South-East, The Hypocrisy And Nonchalance

Opinion

By SAMSON EZEA The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), the Federal Government of Nigeria’s institutional frameworks for providing interest-free student loans to Nigerians who need financial support to access higher education and skills training, is a welcome development, no matter how one views or interprets it, particularly as it concerns the South-East region and the manner in which the scheme has fared in the region. It is an axiomatic fact that, for many years, the cost of tertiary education in Nigeria has created significant financial barriers for students, particularly those from low-income families. The idea behind a national student-loan system…