Author: Ehichioya Ezomon
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Edo Guber: How Ighodalo made Okpebholo’s confirmation easier than expected – By Ehichioya Ezomon
In other climes, people learn from history. But in Nigeria, it’s history that learns from the people. No matter how unfavourable the precedent is – which should serve to guard against a recurrence – Nigerians will keep doing the same thing, and expecting a different result, as starkly revealed on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at…
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Nnamdi Kanu: The courage to say ‘I’m sorry’ – By Ehichioya Ezomon
To say ‘I’m sorry’ takes a deep, sober introspection of one’s past and present station in life; the burden one carries on their shoulders and head; doing away with the righteous indignation of ‘I did no wrong’; abandoning
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Rivers Emergency Proclamation: Atiku’s coalition misses the point – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Whether they expected it or not, members of an amorphous coalition of opposition politicians, with the declared aim of removing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu from power in
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2027 poll: El-Rufai slices, dices Tinubu, Ribadu, Sani (2) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Former British statesman, Labour Party politician and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976) James Harold Wilson (1916-1995), stated that: “A week is a long time in politics,”
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2027 poll: El-Rufai slices, dices Tinubu, Ribadu, Sani (1) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
El-Rufai boasts of rallying, for the 2027 poll, a similar opposition movement that transformed into the APC in February 2013, and defeated then-ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
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Edo guber dispute: Social media partisan reporting shapes narrative – By Ehichioya Ezomon
In a week’s time, on Monday, March 3, 2025, the three-man Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) looking into alleged malpractice at the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, will preside over the adoption of written addresses by Petitioners and Respondents to the dispute.
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Edo guber dispute: APC breaks defence jinx, calls witnesses, PDP presses cancelled, ‘single vote’ over-voting
The main proceedings of the Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) – hearing the challenge to the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo as Governor of Edo State on September 21, 2024 – came to an end on Thursday, February 13, 2025,
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Edo guber tribunal: All eyes on Okpebholo as PDP, Ighodalo, INEC unexpectedly close cases – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Today, Monday, February 10, 2025, is the first D-Day for Governor Monday Okpehbolo at the Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria.
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Attempts to link Obasa’s impeachment to Seyi Tinubu’s ‘guber aspiration’ mischievous (3) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Removed Speaker Mudashiru Obasa (Agege Constituency 1) of the Lagos State House of Assembly may fail to get back his exalted office, yet, he’s succeeded in forcing an unplanned shift of the House plenary indefinitely, thus sowing tension and confusion among the lawmakers, and splitting the close-knit Governance Advisory Council (GAC) of the ruling All…
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Attempts to link Obasa’s impeachment to Seyi Tinubu’s ‘guber aspiration’ mischievous (2) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
In the first installment of this header on Monday, January 20, 2025, several reasons were adduced to establish that there’s no nexus between Seyi Tinubu’s alleged aspiration for the 2027 Governorship of Lagos State, and the January 13 impeachment of Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudasiru Obasa, over his reported ambition for the same…