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From 82 to 221: Unbelievable Arithmetic of APC Direct Primaries and the Making of High-Profile Winners and Losers
In theory, a direct primary is the simplest expression of internal party democracy. Power is reduced to a clean equation of participation. Party members...
Why Governors Matter More Than the President
State governors are arguably more powerful within their domains than the President is at the federal level, simply because they hold the absolute keys...
The Turn By Turn Republic: A Merry Go Round Nation
Every election season in Nigeria eventually collapses into the same quiet argument.
It rarely begins that way. It starts as policy talk, debate about parties,...
The Theater of the United Front
The theater of Nigerian politics has always been brutal. It is a landscape where power is rarely negotiated in daylight and where public service...
Governors’ Revolt and the Endless Appetite of Power
The reports emerging from the Progressive Governors Forum read like the kind of political gossip Nigerians have become dangerously accustomed to. Whispers of betrayal....
