Author: Peter Tuketu
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Aso Rock is catching cold, Senators are crying – By Mideno Bayagbon
I have been laughing and laughing since some members of the National Assembly came out, to disturb our anxiety filled lives, singing: “All we are saying, Buhari must go!” First the shock. Then the laughter. Seeing them in their rich designer and expensive flowing native wears, donned over their lush, glowing bodies and them forming…
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I have lost billions of Naira to charlatans – By Mideno Bayagbon
Let me, straight away, confess: I have been very slack in optimising my potentials and have let billions of Naira fly past me while I idly, like most Nigerians, complain about the Buhari government-induced bad economy. In my laid back state, I have left others to rake in billions of Naira, Dollars and Pounds Sterling. While I and others…
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Tinubu Christian slap, Buhari’s laughable promise – By Mideno Bayagbon
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu finally announced, what those of us who have studied his politics have always known, on Sunday. He unveiled his vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno state to a thunderous disquiet in the country.
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Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Crab Mentality and Other Stories – By Mideno Bayagbon
Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is a big man. A two-term former Kano State Governor, (1999 to 2003, and 2011 to 2015); a former Minister of Defence; a former Senator of the Federal Republic, (2015 to 2019); a former Board member, NDDC; an Engineer. He is a good description of who a typical Nigerian big man…
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Fact Checking Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Certificates and all
In the early days of the current democratic dispensation, a scandal broke out in the National Assembly. The Speaker of the House of Representative, 32 years old Salisu Buhari, was accused of presenting fake Toronto University certificates to INEC. After attempts to stonewall and brag his way through failed, he was forced to eat the…
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Rabiu Kwankwaso, Peter Obi joint ticket: Committee submits report
Kwankwaso, a former Kano State governor and presidential candidate of the NNPP, is said to have strong followership in the North with his Kwankwasiyya movement, while Obi, a former Anambra State governor and LP presidential candidate, is having an increasing support base among youths in the southern part of the country, Middlebelt and Abuja; and…
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Are You OBIfied? The Tomfoolery of OBIdience without the ground works – By Mideno Bayagbon
Let me come out upfront and confess: I was wrong that the closest the Igbo nation will come to the Presidency in 2023 is either through Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi or through the current Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. As it turned out, they both carried the Presidential ambition of the Igbo race in their respective…
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What would President Buhari be remembered for after 2023? – By Mideno Bayagbon
In just under one year from now, the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government will come to an end and a new regime, by God’s merciful-grace, will be enthroned. May 29, 2023, will mark the end of the dream Nigerians had in 2015 when they booted out President Goodluck Jonathan and brought in President Muhammadu Buhari, who…
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The night Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu outfoxed Aso Rock mafia – By Mideno Bayagbon
It was Monday afternoon. And I was still in no mood to write my column which I had intended titling: The Peter Obi Momentous Phenomenon and 2023 Presidential Election. But I was too despondent, filled with untold anger at the abyss into which we have descended as a nation. I could not bring myself to…
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For Nyesom Wike, the hands of friendly friends held the knife – By Mideno Bayagbon
More than six months ago, I decided to poke nose into the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, affairs. I started scouting around to have a feel of what the thinking was concerning which zone of the country the party was likely to gift its presidential candidacy. Among those I interacted with, which happens to be some…