{"id":207882,"date":"2026-02-01T19:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=207882"},"modified":"2026-02-01T19:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:23:16","slug":"the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=207882","title":{"rendered":"The illusion of a single party, By Eric Teniola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A persistent fear in Nigerian politics is the emergence of a single-party system or a sole presidential candidate. Despite recurring anxieties, this outcome has never materialized. While recent party defections might suggest an invincible ruling party, Nigeria\u2019s political history is defined by unexpected twists. Shattered dreams and surprise elements are inherent to our national life&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/opinion\/848114-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A persistent fear in Nigerian politics is the emergence of a single-party system or a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/207882-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola.jpeg",413,531,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/207882-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/207882-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola-233x300.jpeg",233,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/207882-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola.jpeg",413,531,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/207882-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola.jpeg",413,531,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/207882-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola.jpeg",413,531,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/207882-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola.jpeg",413,531,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/207882-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola.jpeg",413,531,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/207882-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola.jpeg",413,531,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/207882-the-illusion-of-a-single-party-by-eric-teniola-413x410.jpeg",413,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=38\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=207882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/207883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=207882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=207882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=207882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}