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Babayola M. Toungo
I like politicians, especially the northern Nigeria variant. They enjoy talking from both sides of the mouth or tongue-in-cheek. They can...
2023: Why Otumba can’t contest guber primaries in LP or any other party again
Austin Ajayi, Yola
As political parties conclude primaries for their candidates in various positions ahead of the general election and politicians jumping from one...
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By Hassan Gimba
Had Atiku Abubakar, Wazirin Adamawa, former vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, two-time unlucky in presidential elections on the platform...
Can Sen. Binani defeat governor Fintiri in 2023?
By Calvin Anadio Lawan
I think Senator Binani can send Governor Fintiri packing out of the Dougeiri Government House Yola unless the APC fail to...
Of banditry and a shared sovereignty (2)
By Hassan Gimba
Sovereignty, this eleven lettered word, is a political concept. The concept defines dominant power. Or the supreme authority. Wikipedia says “it is...
Re: Kano central senatorial contest in the eyes of the storm
By Al-Amin Ciroma
"Don't throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass." -Benjamin Franklin
We are compelled to initiate this response as a...
Political crisis management and the need for striking a balance
By Calvin Anadio Lawan
One fine day it occurred to the members of the Body that they were doing all the work and the Belly...
Adamawa’s political primogeniture?
By Calvin Anadio Lawan
Between 1966 up until 1976 when Mao Zedong’s policy of “Great Leap Forward” reigned supreme in China, upwards of 45 million...
President Buhari is morally bound to Tinubu’s candidacy
By Umar Ardo Ph.D
As the initiator of the merger that ultimately produced the APC, I know the foundational agreement of the merger ab initio...
Adamawa’s Political Elites: A Deficit of Decency
By Calvin Anadio Lawan
Ronald Reagan said “government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.” And I should add that this...
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