By Ehichioya Ezomon Promising to run an open-door administration – and urging those who lost at the election to bear the pain with fortitude – Okpebholo declared: “If I had…
By Ehichioya Ezomon “The question: Is Yiaga Africa correct in its declaration that the results of the Edo governorship election were manipulated by INEC’s officials, to warrant a wholesale…
By Ehichioya Ezomon “The importance of the election was symbolised by a septuagenarian, Fatima Jimoh, who left her sick bed to vote. Aided by her daughter, Ms Jimoh said she…
By Ehichioya Ezomon “…as we blame Oshiomhole for unwarrantedly responding in kind – especially as he’s not a candidate in the election – Mrs Obaseki should also be held responsible…
By Ehichioya Ezomon In the lead-up to the primaries for the 2024 governorship election in Edo State, the triple issues of not being a “homeboy,” unable to communicate in Esan…
By Ehichioya Ezomon “Unless he and NLC have something to hide, Ajaero should go and prove his innocence. It’s an act of integrity and patriotism to do so” THE August…
By Ehichioya Ezomon RICE – the most popular Nigerian staple food – has suddenly become an issue, and may contribute to further scrambling of the campaign of the Edo State…
By Ehichioya Ezomon The saying, “Be careful what you wish for,” may haunt former Vice President Atiku Abubakar going forward from the ashes of the 10-day #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest that rocked…
By Ehichioya Ezomon In an novel move that many Nigerians have hailed as in the right direction – even as they hold that it doesn’t go far enough – members…
By Ehichioya Ezomon Reproduced herein is a draft of the article intended for Monday, July 22, 2024, before it’s “overtaken” by the Thursday, July 18, 2024, alleged attempt by political…
‘ By Ehichioya Ezomon This article – lightly labelled “An Open Letter” – takes its bearing from a Facebook post on Saturday, June 29, 2024, by the Honourable Commissioner for…
Ehichioya Ezomon In the second and last installment of this header – the first part on Monday, July 1, 2024, having dealt with the High Chief Francis Inegbeniki’s angle to…
By Ehichioya Ezomon A disturbing sad chapter was closed on Thursday, June 14, 2024, in the Delta State House of Assembly, when the “suspension” of a member, Matthew Omonade, representing…
By Echichioya Ezomon It’s certainly hitting the bull’s eye by declaring in the sixth installment of this header on Monday, June 10, 2024 – and indeed, as shown in the…
By Ehichioya Ezomon Rounding off the fifth installment of this series on Monday, June 3, I stated that, “barring any ‘political earthquake’ this week (last week) in the Rivers crisis,…
By Ehichioya Ezomon Has the political heat in Rivers State simmered in the past week to suggest perhaps – just perhaps – that conventional wisdom has taken hold of the…
By Ehichioya Ezomon Seeming to belie the header for this article that’s run three installments, a couple of weeks has witnessed the return of former Governor and Minister of the…
By Ehichioya Ezomon AS the Rivers political crisis reaches – or being pushed by the feuding parties to – its crescendo, Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s adopted a strategy of one-day, one-taunt,…
By Ehichioya Ezomon AS noted in part one (1) under this header on Monday, April 29, 2024, Governor Siminalayi Fubara voluntarily and freely signed the peace agreement emanating from his…
Ehichioya Ezomon IN my copy of Monday, January 15, 2024, entitled, “Shaibu’s talk about Obaseki’s betrayal laughable,” I posed the question, “Do politicians have conscience, and if they do, does…
By Ehichioya Ezomon THE “Big lie” – often attributed to the Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels – though there seems to be no evidence that it was used by him to prop…
By Ehichioya Ezomon It is no surprise that Nigeria’s plethora of security agencies – due to their remarkable lack of capacity for intelligence gathering, and non-proactive approach to nipping potential…
By Ehichioya Ezomon WHILE most Nigerians still clink wine glasses in toast to Abia State Governor Alex Otti for belling the monstrous cat of life pensions for former governors and…
By Ehichioya Ezomon ABIA State Governor Alex Otti’s the rave of the moment among his peer governors, and most Nigerians, for ‘infrastructural development’ and particularly for signing into law a…
By Ehichioya Ezomon Pre-celebration on November 11, 2018, of first anniversary of the Armistice – what is known as “the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month”…
By Ehichioya Ezomon A tell-tale photograph from the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja showed Senator and former Governor Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North), beaming, and hugging…
By Ehichioya Ezomon IN 2020, Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki fought the political battle of his life for a second term in office. Mid year, he’s disqualified by the National…
By Ehichioya Ezomon Political and economic interests are thicker than blood, just as there’s no permanent friend or permanent enemy but permanent interest in politics. This is what the public…
By Ehichioya Ezomon AS the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State for the 2024 governorship election witnessed…
By Ehichioya Ezomon THE cantankerous and chaotic primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State may’ve come to an end, but the seed of confusion, division and alienation…