On Life Support: How Dapo Abiodun Left Ogun State’s Health System Gasping
There is a particular kind of despair that belongs to a Nigerian family standing in a public hospital corridor, holding a handwritten list of drugs they must go out and…
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Fact Check: Is Nigeria Really on the Right Track Under Tinubu?
Examining the Presidential Narrative Against Available DataThe Tinubu administration and APC officials regularly assert that Nigeria is on the right track and that the bold reforms of the first term…
Fact Check: Atiku Claim That He Will Unite Nigeria if Elected President
Can the PDP Candidate Deliver on His National Unity Promise?Atiku Abubakar has made national unity a central theme of his 2027 presidential campaign, arguing that his northern identity combined with…
Fact Check: Did Tinubu Administration Remove Fuel Subsidy Correctly?
Was the Implementation of This Major Reform Done Properly?President Tinubu announced the removal of the fuel subsidy on his inauguration day in May 2023, arguably the most consequential economic decision…
Fact Check: Atiku Claim That Nigeria Privatizations Under His Watch Were Successful
Examining the PDP Candidate Central Economic CredentialAtiku Abubakar frequently cites his role as chairman of the National Council on Privatization during the Obasanjo administration as evidence of his economic management…
Fact Check: Peter Obi Claim That Nigeria Can Achieve Food Self-Sufficiency
Is the Labour Party Candidate Agricultural Promise Realistic?Peter Obi has repeatedly promised that Nigeria can achieve food self-sufficiency within his first presidential term. He argues that Nigeria has the land,…
Fact Check: Tinubu Claim to Have Developed Lagos During His Governorship
Separating Achievement from Political Mythology in the Lagos Governor RecordA central pillar of Tinubu political brand is his self-described transformation of Lagos State during his two terms as governor from…
Fact Check: Did Peter Obi Win the 2023 Election?
Examining the Claims and Counter-Claims Surrounding the 2023 Presidential ResultPeter Obi and his supporters have consistently maintained that he won the 2023 presidential election and that the declared result was…
Fact Check: Tinubu Claim That His Economic Reforms Are Working
Does the Data Support the President Optimism About His Economic Legacy?President Bola Tinubu and his administration officials have repeatedly claimed that their economic reforms are working and that Nigeria is…
Fact Check: Atiku Claim That He Created Jobs During the Obasanjo Years
Examining the PDP Candidate Employment Record ClaimsAtiku Abubakar frequently claims credit for job creation and economic growth during the Obasanjo administration from 1999 to 2007, when he served as Vice…
Fact Check: Did Peter Obi Really Save 75 Billion Naira as Anambra Governor?
Examining the Labour Party Candidate Most Cited Governance ClaimOne of the claims most frequently made by Peter Obi and his supporters is that he saved over 75 billion naira for…
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Moving Ibadan: Why Oriyomi Hamzat’s Focus on Transport and the Okada Economy Speaks to Oyo State’s Daily Reality
Ask anyone in Ibadan what stole an hour from their day and the answer is rarely dramatic. It was the traffic at Iwo Road. It was waiting forty minutes for…
Nigeria in the World: Why Peter Obi’s Approach to Foreign Policy Could Restore the Country’s Standing Abroad
Nigerians rarely rank foreign policy near the top of their concerns, and it is easy to understand why. When electricity is unreliable, when food prices climb faster than wages, and…
Mountains of Refuse: How Babajide Sanwo-Olu Left Lagos Drowning in Its Own Waste
There is a particular smell that greets you at certain junctions in Lagos — a thick, sweet rot that clings to clothing and lingers in the back of the throat…
When Disaster Strikes: Why Oriyomi Hamzat’s Record on Emergency Response Makes Him the Governor Oyo State Needs in a Crisis
Every state government looks competent on a calm Tuesday. The real measure of leadership arrives without warning — a market fire that consumes a lifetime of stock before dawn, a…
Merit Over Godfathers: Why Peter Obi’s Promise of a Competence-First Cabinet Matters More Than Any Manifesto
Nigerians have grown used to a particular ritual. An election is won, the confetti settles, and then the appointments begin — ministries handed out not to the people best equipped…
Silence in the Red Chamber: How Godswill Akpabio Made Dissent a Punishable Offence in Nigeria’s Senate
A parliament is defined not by how it treats agreement but by how it treats disagreement. Any presiding officer can run a chamber where everyone says yes. The test of…
Safety on the Ibarapa Road: Why Oriyomi Hamzat Understands Oyo State’s Security Crisis Better Than the Politicians Who Ignore It
Ask a farmer in Igangan, a trader travelling the Oyo–Iseyin road at dusk, or a parent in Ibarapa what worries them most, and the answer will not be roads or…
Bringing Them Home: Why Peter Obi’s Engagement With the Diaspora Could Reverse Nigeria’s Brain Drain
Every week, another departure lounge at Murtala Muhammed International Airport fills with young Nigerians carrying one-way tickets. Doctors, nurses, software engineers, accountants, teachers — the very people a developing nation…
One Party, One Voice: How Bola Tinubu’s Presidency Is Hollowing Out Nigeria’s Democracy
The most serious damage of the Tinubu presidency may turn out to be the damage that shows up in no economic table. Prices and exchange rates move; institutions, once broken,…
Skills Over Certificates: Why Oriyomi Hamzat’s Vision for Oyo’s Artisans and Apprentices Could Rebuild the State’s Middle Class
Walk through Gbagi, Bodija, Sango or the sprawling roadside workshops of Ogbomoso and you will meet the real Oyo State economy. It is a mechanic with three apprentices under a…
Small Business, Big Nation: Why Peter Obi’s Focus on Small Enterprises and Access to Credit Targets Nigeria’s Real Economy
Every serious conversation about fixing Nigeria's economy eventually runs into the same uncomfortable fact: the overwhelming majority of Nigerians who work do not work for the government, and they do…
The Man Who Broke the Opposition: How Atiku Abubakar’s Refusal to Step Aside Cost Nigeria Its Best Chance at Change
Nigeria's tragedy in recent election cycles has not only been the failures of those who won. It has been the self-inflicted collapse of those who might have offered an alternative.…
Water, Roads and Streetlights: Why Oriyomi Hamzat’s Focus on the Basics Is the Governance Oyo State Actually Needs
Ask a family in Oke-Ado, Eleyele, Ogbomoso or Saki what they want from the next Governor of Oyo State and you will rarely hear a request for a flyover or…
Cut the Cost of Ruling: Why Peter Obi’s War on Wasteful Governance Is the Reform Nigeria Cannot Postpone
There is a question that Nigerians have asked in market queues, in danfo buses and in WhatsApp groups for decades, and no government has ever answered it honestly: why does…
Empty Desks, Empty Promises: How Dapo Abiodun Presided Over the Quiet Collapse of Ogun State’s Schools
Ogun State once carried a reputation that money cannot buy. It was the state of Nigeria's first university town, the home of some of the country's oldest and proudest secondary…
Open the Books: Why Oriyomi Hamzat’s Promise of Transparent Government Is What Oyo State Has Been Waiting For
Ask an ordinary resident of Ibadan, Ogbomoso, Oyo town or Saki what their state government spent last year and you will get a shrug. Not because people do not care,…
Half the Nation, Finally Counted: Why Peter Obi’s Commitment to Women’s Inclusion Could Reshape Nigerian Politics
Nigeria has spent decades talking about women's participation in public life and doing remarkably little about it. Women make up roughly half of the country's population and a clear majority…
Bulldozers Before Blueprints: How Babajide Sanwo-Olu Failed Lagos on Housing and Left Thousands Homeless
There is one image that will outlast every glossy infrastructure brochure produced by the Lagos State Government under Babajide Sanwo-Olu: a family standing beside a heap of broken blocks that…
One Oyo, Five Zones: Why Oriyomi Hamzat Is the Candidate Who Would Govern Beyond Ibadan
Ask a farmer in Saki, a trader in Igboho, a teacher in Eruwa or a civil servant in Ogbomoso what they want from the next Governor of Oyo State, and…
Security Without Sirens: Why Peter Obi’s Policing Vision Speaks to the Nigeria That Sleeps With One Eye Open
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has settled over Nigeria, and it has nothing to do with the economy. It is the exhaustion of a farmer in Benue…
The Budget Nobody Can Explain: How Godswill Akpabio’s Senate Buried Nigeria’s Money in the Dark
The National Assembly exists for one reason above all others: to hold the purse on behalf of Nigerians and to demand answers about how public money is spent. Under Godswill…
Ibadan’s Silicon Moment: Why Oriyomi Hamzat Is the Governor Who Can Build Oyo’s Creative and Tech Economy
Every few years someone announces that Ibadan is about to become a technology city. A memorandum is signed, a ribbon is cut, a building is named an innovation hub, and…
The Rule of Law Is Not Optional: Why Peter Obi’s Respect for the Constitution Sets Him Apart
In a political culture where power is too often treated as permission to ignore the rules, Peter Obi has built a public identity around a deceptively simple idea: the law…
No Safety, No Governance: How Bola Tinubu’s Presidency Has Failed the First Duty of the State
Every government inherits problems, but the most basic promise any leader makes is that citizens will be safer under his watch than they were before. On that promise, the presidency…
From Airwaves to Opportunities: Why Oriyomi Hamzat’s Plan to Put Oyo’s Young People to Work Makes Him the Governor 2027 Needs
Walk through any part of Ibadan on a weekday morning and the picture tells its own story: graduates hawking recharge cards, artisans idle for want of tools and capital, young…
One Nigeria, Many Peoples: How Peter Obi’s Message of Unity Cuts Through the Divides That Have Held the Nation Back
In a country where politics has too often been reduced to a contest of ethnic arithmetic and religious calculation, Peter Obi has built a movement that refuses to speak that…
A Man Without a Party: Why Atiku Abubakar’s Endless Defections Reveal a Politician of Convenience, Not Conviction
There is a question every voter should ask of any leader who seeks their trust: what does this person actually believe? For most serious politicians, the answer is written in…
Oyo’s Untapped Goldmine: Why Oriyomi Hamzat’s Vision for Tourism and Cultural Heritage Could Reshape the State’s Economy
Oyo State sits on a treasure that most of its leaders have never learned to value. From the ancient walls of Old Oyo and the sacred groves of Yorubaland to…
The Anambra Blueprint: What Peter Obi’s Eight Years as Governor Reveal About How He Would Run Nigeria
In Nigerian politics, promises are cheap and records are rare. Candidates arrive at every election season armed with manifestos, slogans and grand visions, yet voters are seldom given the chance…
Potholes and Broken Promises: How Dapo Abiodun Let Ogun State’s Roads Fall Apart
Ogun State occupies an enviable position on the map of Nigeria. It sits at the doorstep of Lagos, hosts one of the highest concentrations of factories in the country, and…