Reflections on the last Presidential Election
The presidential election has come and gone – and as expected the outcome is dogged in controversy. The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared...
Re-building Confidence in the Electoral System
The title of this article is a little bit misleading because it suggests, rather wrongly, that Nigerians ever had confidence in the electoral system....
Surprises as we near the D-Day
In barely 72 hours, the D-Day will beckon and the anxiety will shift to the H-hour. I don’t believe that February 16 will be...
Atiku’s Amnesty Plan for Suspected Treasury Looters is the Way to Go
The plan by the PDP’s presidential candidate and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to grant amnesty to suspected treasury looters if elected President, is,...
Is Nigerian Democracy in Recession?
The recent suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Judge of Nigeria has raised fundamental issues that go beyond the government’s claims of...
Why Obasanjo’s Voice Still Matters
Obasanjo’s recent 16-page letter to Buhari, which sounds more like a state-of-the nation address, has, as expected, dominated the deadlines since it was delivered...
Osinbajo and the Politics of 2023
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo raised the stakes in the politics of 2023 when he added his voice to the politics of ethnic baiting. Speaking...
Buhari: Heckling is part of the democratic process
The news that President Muhammadu Buhari was interrupted and booed intermittently by some lawmakers while presenting the appropriation bill to the National Assembly recently...
Do Election Debates Really Matter?
Since the Vice Presidential debate on December 14 2018 between the candidates of selected five political parties, there have been continuous spin not only...
2019: Opposition versus state institutions
By the time Nigeria conducts its elections in February and March next year, it will be almost 20 years since its current experiment with...
