The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria, on Sunday, rose in defence of the immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, over his six-minute viral video, in which he justified his preference for Muslims in appointments during his administration. The viral video captured El-Rufai telling some Islamic clerics on the eve of his final day in office, in the …

By Columba Oshiobughie Ogah “Despite our obvious differences, we must strive to ensure that our actions and utterances are aimed towards strengthening our democratic framework. We must subsume our personal and sectional interests to the overall national aspirations of unity, economic prosperity and good governance”. Your Excellency, these were your words at the combined Passing Out Parade of the Cadets …

If you are a lover of truth, I will tell you this bitter truth you can take to the bank. Most politicians in Nigeria don’t care about a Muslim-Muslim, Christian-Christian, Christian-Muslim or Muslim-Christian ticket and certainly do not have a sleepless night because of the high cost of living or the moribund education sector among many other anomalies. However, they …

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has defended the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the decision as a political strategy. While on a courtesy visit to the new executives of the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Fayemi said the decision was not taken to undermine Christians, who he advised to be …

For eight years, Dr Dapo Thomas served as Special Assistant to the then Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. An international scholar, writer, teacher, Thomas has a deep understanding of Nigerian and international politics. In this interview, he brings his knowledge to bear on contemporary issues including the Muslim-Muslim ticket and the politics of 2023. Interview conducted by …

Vice Presidents are ineffective and ineffectual spare tyres that are hardly put to use. That has been our experience. Otherwise, tell me, of what benefit has the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, a senior pastor at the Redeemed Christian of God, been to Christians and Christianity in their hours of need? VPs are near worthless even in the advanced democracies, such …

Azu Ishiekwene If the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu thought a placeholder would be a lightning rod, and maybe soften the blow of his final decision, he has seen by now that he is mistaken. There is a gathering storm. Those who are mad at him are not only upset by his …

“Audacity” is a word made popular in our own time by the erstwhile United States of America President, Barack Hussein Obama. A relatively little-known Black man in a country still seething with racial discrimination against the people of colour – as Blacks, African-Americans, Latinos, etc are called – decided to go for not just the highest office in the land …

On the heels of the disclosure by Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has settled for a Muslim running mate, a “highly competence source” in the Tinubu Campaign Organisation has disclosed that the choice is a “former Governor and Senator from the Northeast part of Nigeria”. …

By Dare Babarinsa Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), came into the limelight 30 years ago. He was one of the young men and women who flocked around Chief Moshood Abiola, Nigerian President-presumptive and winner of the 12 June 1993, presidential election. Tinubu was elected Senator on the platform of Abiola’s Social Democratic …