July 14, 2022

Nigeria Decides: What a Muslim-Muslim ticket says about us

The odds always favoured Bola Tinubu picking someone male and Muslim from the East or West of the North of Nigeria, and with the announcement of […]
June 29, 2022

Nigeria Decides: Lessons from Ekiti and Colombia elections

Two recent elections – one here in Nigeria and another across the world in Colombia – are interesting for those looking for insights and hope in […]
May 22, 2022

Political News in 5 (PNI5) May 22 2022

May 18, 2022

Nigeria Decides: Politics and murder for blasphemy

In the wake of the tragic murder of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, in the name of religion, the air is […]
May 15, 2022

Political News in 5 (PNI5) May 15 2022

May 8, 2022

Political News in 5 (PNI5) May 8 2022

May 4, 2022

Who will be Vice-President?

We are a month from the June 3 deadline for parties submitting names of candidates for the presidency, and the field is exploding. Instead of thinning […]
May 1, 2022

Political News in 5 (PNI5) May 1 2022 – the one about presidential aspirants in Mecca

January 25, 2018

EP 3 JAN 21st

Political News in Five is a weekly sSummary of what happened in the Nigerian world of politics. This week’s episode covers the news between January 14 […]
January 25, 2018

EP 2 Political News in 5 JAN 14TH

Summary of what happened in the world of Nigerian politics between Jan 7- Jan 14 2018
January 26, 2018

Poor little Muslim girls and the lawmakers from Zamfara

Zamafara is in the news again as another lawmaker; Senator Sahabi Ya’u tries to marry a young girl without her consent. Why is this news? Because […]
January 26, 2018

Still on Sarah Jubril and the future of women in politics

Are Nigerian women making any real progress towards fair representation in elected offices? The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Josephine Anenih seems to […]
January 26, 2018

One vote against the world

I did not watch Sarah Jibrin’s address to the PDP delegates on Thursday January 14 2011 but when I first heard about it, it was being […]
January 26, 2018

International women’s day

Exactly 100 years and 7 days ago women celebrated the centennial anniversary of international women’s day; the one day in the year dedicated to women raising […]
January 26, 2018

To be or not to be…

To be or not to be…women and 35% representation Or Campaign Promises Part I – will the promise to women be the first broken promise? A […]
January 26, 2018

Villains, Heroes & Heroines

There are too many stories about man’s inhumanity to man, woman and child. The story of a husband forcing his wife to swallow fuel before dousing […]
January 26, 2018

Is the Social Services Tax Fair?

I am torn between sympathy for the people of Rivers State who like most Nigerians do not seem to benefit from the taxes they pay or […]