Now that the respondents have filed their replies to the petitions to the 2023 presidential election result, it is apposite (ad rem) to say that issues have been joined. The numerous grounds of the respective petitions for adjudication have presumably been traversed by the respondents to the best of their abilities. It remains for the parties to lead evidence in the …

The Enugu State portion of the internet appears to have been at breaking point since Wednesday last week following the fake news contrived by the usual suspects, purporting that state governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Chijioke Edeoga paid a visit to former Enugu State Governor, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, where, among many other figments of their unfertile and …

Even the most cynical critics of the process and conduct of the 2023 elections delivered by Prof. Mahmud Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would grudgingly admit that some aspects of the exercise were novel and promised some level of quantifiable improvement. Of course, the remarkable introduction of BVAS (Bimodal Voter Accreditation System), and INEC’s insistence to abide strictly by …

The reasons the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 25th February election, Peter Obi cried out the other day, that he was under intense pressure to leave the country, are becoming clearer. He is really in huge stress and in a battle of his life. You will only understand the magnitude of odds stacked against him to appreciate what he …

There’s a saying in Yoruba language that the horse does not spurn the final gallop home. True. Home is that place you go to rest, after the labour and toil of the day. It is that place you find succor and respite, after the vagaries and vicissitudes that go with your daily exertions. No wonder they say, home, sweet home. …

When I received an alert that a building has just collapsed within the precincts of Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, I hesitated. Incredible! I became a doubting Thomas, making frantic phone calls to that vicinity in order to verify the videos sent to me. Building collapse within the most expensive terrain, a community well-organised or deemed well organised in Nigeria sounded …

Donald Trump consolidated his record in demagoguery when he became the first former United States president ever to be criminally indicted and arraigned in a Manhattan court on 4th April. He was the first US president to complain about an election he won and also the first to openly express support for the body-slamming of a reporter. He has the …

You cross the line with the OBIdients, as the supporters of Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate in the 25th February presidential election call themselves, if you query the credentials of their Al Capone or disagree with their narrative of the presidential election, especially its outcome. If you say Obi did not win or disagree with the riotous way they …

From every indication, it looks like the relationship between the powers that be in Enugu State, by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has once again gone south, thanks to a hard-to-fathom tendency to expect different results from doing the same thing. The current face-off, like the previous ones, appears to be emanating from a Motion recently moved by the state House of …

The just concluded general elections came with its twists and turns across the length and breadth of the nation. The attendant fraud and malpractices have continued to reverberate in the land. In Enugu, the polls recorded high drama and subterfuge, never witnessed in the annals of electoral history in Nigeria. The election was not only brazenly manipulated but eventually stolen …