The practice in Nigeria is that political barons and godfathers take decisions on behalf of party members who have no say in the running of party affairs. It is actually an aberration to talk of […]
I watched the United States of America election night result from the comfort of a hotel room in beautiful Mauritius. The first indication I had that things were going awry was when my woman asked […]
News footage showing thousands of mostly Latino high schoolers walk out of classes to protest the election of Donald Trump took me back to a very specific date: Nov. 2, 1994. That day, more than […]
Introduction In his book Political Culture and Political Development, Lucian Pye distinguishes the developments in democratic political systems using the theory of political culture. He sought to know if there were certain cultures that promote […]
The American election feels like the upending of the previously familiar political world because that’s what, in many respects, it is. But not in all respects. It is very important not to exaggerate or to […]
A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who has for 9 years been involved in intense legal battle to avoid conviction for charges of corruption, formally joined the ruling All Progressives Congress on Wednesday. […]
Miracles happen, and except one occurs, it is doubtful if America and the rest of the globe will win anything as President Trump goes about settling scores with real and imaginary enemies. The 2016 presidential […]
…my message to young women and girls across the world is simple. Do not let Clinton’s loss derail your ambition. As a matter of fact, it should be a lesson to us all that when […]
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says if he were the president of the country, Boko Haram insurgents would not have held sway. Abubakar said this at the American University of Nigeria (AUN) while distributing relief materials […]
Whatever one’s take on last week’s electoral contests, it seems to me that Nigeria has several lessons to learn. First, contrary to the impression that INEC often leaves, elections can—and should—be smooth affairs. As results […]
The Senate on Tuesday voted to reject President Muhammadu Buhari’s list of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees, asking for “re-submission and rejigging”. The lawmakers’ resolution to return the list to the president followed the move by […]
As an only child, he grew up without a father and learned to fight his own battles from an early age. Atiku Abubakar, Turaki Adamawa, rose above the challenges of his early life to enjoy […]
Hillary Clinton did not win. And so, she never succeeded in becoming the first female President of the United States of America. Therefore, you can go ahead and blame me all you want for going […]
The same key factor that made Barack Obama president of the United States of America in 2008 was what made Donald Trump win the US presidential election last week. It was the same factor that […]
he events that led to Donald Trump’s election started in England in 1975. At a meeting a few months after Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative party, one of her colleagues, or so the […]
The election of the Republican candidate as United States president unleashes unprecedented anxieties Not a few Nigerians abandoned their beds and kept awake on the night of November 8. Not a few retired to bed, […]
Like the United Kingdom and the Brexit vote in June this year, the United States of America, the other “model democracy” in the world “tested” the elasticity of its democratic freedom in its presidential electioneering […]
In perhaps the most stunning electoral surprise in modern political history, American billionaire businessman Donald Trump last week defeated Hillary Clinton to win the American presidency. Everywhere else, Mr. Trump would have ended up as […]
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday, came hard on those asking him to tear his US Green Card as he vowed to do once billionaire businessman, Donald Trump, won the US presidential election. Online […]
Former Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, blamed Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Director James Comey for her defeat in Tuesday’s presidential election. Mrs. Clinton said in a conference call with her top campaign donors on […]
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