Sic Parvis Magna; Greatness from Small Beginnings. Nigeria's politics and economy, explained for the people paying the price. Lagos | Igbo | Unbothered. #CFC
Nobody explains Nigeria's politics and economy to the people actually paying for it. The analysis stays up there — in newspapers, on panels, between people who already understand each other.
I write it for everyone else. Plain. No sugarcoating. No trying to please any side.
That'
Politics moves fast.
Just hours after Atiku Abubakar unveiled Rotimi Amaechi as his running mate under the ADC platform, a Federal High Court in Abuja reportedly ordered the party’s deregistration with immediate effect.
The court’s decision was based on the finding that the ADC
I'm An Ikwerre Man, my claiming Igbo was just Political - Rotimi Amaechi
Not because I wanted their votes, I decided to say I'm Igbo in protest of the way the igbos are being treated. I discovered that it's not good, that is why i protested & started wearing Ishiagu clothes.
did not meet the constitutional requirement for political parties, particularly the minimum electoral performance threshold from the 2023 general elections.
The development creates a major legal and political question around the party’s future and the implications for the newly
Nigerian politicians don't take positions. They take temperature readings.
The average Nigerian politician's compass points in one direction: wherever the applause is loudest. Principle is expensive. Convenience is free.
So when Peter Obi refused to throw Nnamdi Kanu under the
isn't heroic by the standard it should be measured against. It's just... basic consistency. The fact that it reads as remarkable tells you everything about the baseline we're working with in Nigerian politics.
A man who won't bend his convictions when bending would've cost him
Soludo is a governor under the party APGA, but he attended APC's rally in Ebonyi state. APGA has a candidate in Ebonyi.
Ndị Anambra, you wasted your vote on Soludo.