Peter Claver Oparah

Oparah writes from Ikeja, Lagos.

Why, Rochas, Why?

An open letter to Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha. My Governor, My Governor, Yes, that is your signature appellation. You remain my Governor despite everything....

Buhari and the Lazy Political Youth Coyotes

In his speech in London last week, President Muhammadu Buhari, ever his frank and honest self, captured the challenges a state like Nigeria faces,...

All Said, Why Should I Vote Out Buhari

As 2019 approaches, those who brought Nigeria to its knees, vandalized and wrecked it and left it for dead before 2015 are busy trying...

PDP And Its Many Self-Indicting ‘Looters Lists’

Since Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, released what he called a ‘teaser’ to the list of looters that vandalized and wrecked the country’s treasury...

PDP and its Dubious Apology

So PDP apologized for ‘mistakes’ it made before it was swept to the dustbin three years ago. Its National Chairman, Uche Secondus organized a...

Dino Melaye’s Never-Passing Recall Cup

For Dino Melaye, the voluble senator of Kogi West and an acolyte of the tainted Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the cup of recall which...

Ekweremasu’s Coup Baiting and our Assumed Receding Memory

Less than three years in opposition, Ike Ekweremadu who is the highest ranking PDP member today is already baiting the military and reminding them...

National Assembly’s Meddlesome Intrusion In INEC Independence

The Bukola Saraki-led National Assembly is on a mission to tinker with the order and schedule of elections. The National Assembly members are certainly...

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