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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When the then Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Babangida – a two-star general – turned the page on the military regime of Muhammadu Buhari in the last week of August 1985, political opposition was largely decimated in Nigeria.

Let me start with these three stories. Not fairy tales but real-life type stories, the kind you hear in salons, offices, church corridors and beer parlours where men whisper their regrets over sweating bottles of beer and spicy nkwobi. Yemi was the kind

By Charles Obiajulu Ugwu – PhD There is a particular silence that falls over Lagos at 4:47 AM, just before the generators kick in and the city remembers it has no rest. It is the silence of a nation holding its breath.

By Ikeddy ISIGUZO SENATOR Henry Seriake Dickson has presence. Nothing to do with size, a bowler hat or titles. His presence draws from his words – seasoned, sizzling, and they slice through issues, to bring clarity to them. Some consider him intimidating.

The diminution of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reached a symbolic pinnacle this week when wave of defections swept through the National Assembly. Several PDP senators, including former Sokoto State governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, formally dumped the party for the African Democratic

By Lebo khoza Bola Tinubu, Father of Modern Nigeria and a Trailblazing African Statesman In the evolving story of Nigeria’s democratic journey, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu stands out as one of the most influential political architects of modern Nigeria. Often described by