Politics

Political figure William Ruto is Kenya’s present president-elect and the incumbent deputy president. He has held several cabinet roles in the past, including those of Minister of Home Affairs from August to December 2002, Minister of Agriculture from 2008 to 2010, and Minister of Higher Education from April to October…

The ideology of youth in politics has seen the birth and appointment of celebrities as political candidates for the upcoming 2023 general election in Nigeria. This shift is mainly in the country’s entertainment industry, thus changing Nigeria’s trajectory and narrative of politics. This, in turn, closed the gate to the…

Ademola Adeleke made another history in the southwestern part of Nigeria as he emerged as the winner of the just concluded Osun State governorship election. This marks the beginning of the reign of another Adeleke family in the state, five years after the death of his elder brother, Isiaka Adeleke.…

Nigerian billionaire Adedeji Adeleke is hardly in the spotlight, but the father of the afrobeat star Davido, is no doubt a money bag, with several ventures to his name.  The pacific Holders Limited’s chief executive officer also doubles as Adeleke University’s president. Though not involved in politics, he is not…

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the 2023 presidential aspirant for All Progressive Congress (APC) affirmed during his presidential screening that he pioneered the entry of the Zimbabwean telecommunication company Econet, known as Airtel, into Nigeria. He said, “There are three highways in the development of a nation. If you have gas or…

For more than 20 years, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has controlled politics in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria. He is now running for the country’s presidential seat in the 2023 elections.  Tinubu may have an advantage over several rivals due to his extensive political network, penchant for striking deals,…

As the race towards the 2023 presidential election gathers steam and the four major political gladiators begin putting their houses in order for what promises to be an interesting race to Nigeria’s seat of power, one name that appears to be on the lips of a good number of millennials…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has announced Datti Baba-Ahmed as his running mate. This happened soon after Doyin Okupe, the running mate “placeholder,” announced his withdrawal. Even though Peter Obi’s decision has received many commendable compliments on social media, many individuals still believe he made the wrong decision.…

Ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, politicians seeking elective offices have, as usual, started warming up to the electorate. Presidential aspirants from different political parties are already propagating their ideologies to the unsuspecting Nigerians. Although political campaigns officially begin one-fifty days before the election (September 2022), aspirants are already trying…

The Nigerian public system is widely known to enable corruption, while Nigerian politicians have become famous for siphoning public funds and laundering them using shell companies and safe havens abroad.  The hidden wealth of these leaders, discovered in 2021, runs into billions of dollars. Sadly, the institutional corruption in Nigeria…