If you walk by sight you cannot help approaching Saturday’s presidential election with a heavy heart. The candidates of the two major parties, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, have been presented in the worst light possible
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There comes a prime time in the life of a nation when it’s citizens, democratically, determine the next course of action for the corporate existence of their country’s sovereignty – through a referendum or outright general election.
As indicated in this concise document, this is a report of the outcome of the monitoring of 12 print and online newspapers on the coverage of electoral issues for the period of September to December 2018.
I’d never had the head for figures. In fact, the enmity between me and mathematics was so bad that if you gave me a bottle, and you asked me to use the bottom to write the letter ‘o,’ it may likely come out as ‘p’ or ‘q,’ or even something more catastrophic.
History reveals that more than half of registered voters stay at home on Election Day. But the stakes are much higher now
Under section 22 of the 1999 Constitution the mass media is required to uphold the fundamental objectives of the State and uphold the responsibility and accountability of the government to the people.
In the course of the 2015 general elections, I travelled through the peril of bad roads to Ekpoma, Edo State to cast my vote in the presidential election. Truly, I voted for Muhammadu Buhari. Despite the irregularities of the process
On February 16th, Nigeria will hold a general election. Four years ago, the country experienced its first democratic transfer of power to the opposition since 1999. The vote in a few days will be no less significant.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State is in the eye of the storm.
His Excellency Dr. John Olukayode Mofolorunsho Fayemi turns 54 today. Without a doubt he is an Akanda – a person who according to Yoruba mythology is unique and a possessor of a special purpose in life. A person whose destiny is linked to that of countless others,
These days Nigeria is treated as either the continent’s worst joke or the world’s laggard for democracy. From Nairobi to Brussels and from London to Washington, we’re getting lengthy lectures on how not to run a country. And we’re laughing them off and forwarding the messages.
The contribution of women in societal and economic transformation cannot be overemphasised. For societies to thrive and develop, gender equality is essential and their contribution of utmost importance. As its contribution to societal development,
No doubt, a lot of dust has been raised by the suspension of Hon. Justice Samuel Walter Nkanu-Onnoghen by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, based on the order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, a court of competent jurisdiction. The United States Embassy in Nigeria, the European Union and the United Kingdom have since weighed in, with statements of condemnation.
Like every politician, Dave Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State, means different things to different persons. Ask some of his opponents, they will tell you that he is a wily, ruthless operator who spares to time dealing with opponents. But to his admirers, he is God-sent; a very effective leader, under whose watch, Ebonyi State is witnessing unprecedented people-centred development.
Cyprian Ekwensi’s novel: Survive the Peace, was premised, among others, on the disrupted family ties and social relations that emerged in Igboland, after the Nigerian Civil War.
Given the growing discontent among the people over the prolonged, unproductive occupation of the Delta South Senatorial District seat in the National Assembly by Senator James Manager, former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, now of the All Progressives Congress, towers as the standout candidate to take over the mantle in the February 16 general elections.
Events in the All Progressives Congress are curiously presenting very distinctive features especially in relation to contests for 2019 elections. A major unfolding change scenario is the issue of exercising political leadership prerogatives by President and Governors
The Ohaneze Ndigbo has faced criticism over its endorsement of Atiku Abubakar, the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party. The most jarring rebuke came from the Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, who referred to the President General of the Ohaneze, John Nnia Nwodo, as “idiotic”
“Today, Democracy around the world faces its biggest crisis in decades, its foundations undermined by invective from on high and toxins from below, by new technologies that power ancient impulses, by a poisonous cocktail of strongmen and weakening institutions.
The PDP’s presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku, recently made comments regarding suspension of CJN Onnoghen. Atiku’s release is entitled “State of the nation address”.