Articles & Opinions

  By:Adekoya Boladale If there is one thing political events in the past few days has taught us about the up-coming general election in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, it …

Leonard Karshima Shilgba The temptation to give up on Nigeria is common among Nigerians that have spoken and written a lot about the good that is a possible experience for …

  Jideofor Adibe It was the late Kwame Nkrumah who admonished his fellow Ghanaians to “seek ye first the political kingdom, and all things shall be added to you”. When …

 ‘Remi Oyeyemi   “Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong.” – Daniel O’Connell.   More often than not, some men in History have brought about some changes which they …

The conventional wisdom has settled on the subject of this year’s presidential campaign;  it is  about the proper role of government in our nation’s life. This is a good argument …

– Written by Aloy Ejimakor – My published flagship treatise of few days ago, captioned ‘Jega’s tenure ends on March 24, 2015 by operation of law’ provoked a helluva of commendations, as …

  By Michael Egbejumi-David In the end, the ugly rumours proved spot on.  For one reason or the other, Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are too …

I have been  especially concerned with tracking democracy’s advances and setbacks around the world and in the course of this I decided to beam my searchlights on Nigeria my homeland …

By: Law Mefor Professor Attahiru Jega’s Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) appears to be deliberately misleading Nigerians and the international community by claiming “we are ready for the election”, whereas in …

BY ERAHODU OSAGHALE If Professor Jega was honest about his oft-repeated and oft-discredited expressions of confidence in the readiness of INEC to conduct free and fair 2015 elections, he would …