January 26, 2018
INEC’s request to extend the timetable for the 2011 elections from January to April has turned up the heat underneath our already simmering political environment. As […]
January 26, 2018
The 2010 Electoral Act explicitly provides that political campaigns or slogans must not be ‘tainted with abusive language directly or indirectly likely to injure religious, ethnic, […]
January 26, 2018
A lot has been said and written lately about the Nigerian judiciary: its issues, challenges and what needs to be done to fix things and make […]
January 26, 2018
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 […]
January 26, 2018
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
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
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
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 […]
May 4, 2022
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 18, 2022
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 […]
June 29, 2022
Two recent elections – one here in Nigeria and another across the world in Colombia – are interesting for those looking for insights and hope in […]
July 14, 2022
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 […]