Michael Egbejumi-David

Egbejumi-David writes from the UK.

Buhari: Hitting the Ground Lurching

Muhammad Buhari has been campaigning, running for the office of the President of Nigeria since 2003. That is a long time - twelve years...

Election 2015: The Losers

The dust and the acrimony from the 2015 elections have sufficiently settled. Me myself I have somewhat recovered. All those one-sided media outfits during...

Obasanjo’s Support and Non Endorsement

Alfred Nobel, perhaps the best known Swedish man, was a weapons maker. In fact, he invented the dynamite. He was also a mean hombre;...

(Mis)Understanding The Buhari Factor

I am not one of Buhari’s fans; not one of his baying cult followers, but I have to concede that the man’s stock is...

INEC and the PDP: Playing with Fire

In the end, the ugly rumours proved spot on. For one reason or the other, Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...

Goodluck Jonathan or Muhammadu Buhari? (2)

Contrary to the mirth some later day revisionists peddle around these days, Buhari was very active in the coup that ousted the Shagari democratic...

Goodluck Jonathan or Muhammadu Buhari? (1)

Happy New Year, everyone. Well, the biggest game in town this year is the February 14 presidential election. The choices are stark I’m afraid...

Female Suicide Bombers

Like most people, I believe in God. But I am not what you would call a religious person. In fact, I regard religion a...

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