Politics

IN the same way that the darkest part of the night is just before dawn, the most important part of an election could also reside in some of the things we do, or fail to […]

“We, therefore, do not believe that a country should die because it held elections. On the contrary, elections should strengthen democracy, and reinforce national development. In view of that, we do not agree with any […]

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan enjoyed, perhaps, the greatest goodwill of any elected president in the history of this country by this time four years ago. Everything was going his way until January 1, 2012 when he […]

  Nigerians have a choice to make this week between President Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria, who seeks re-election, and Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Bu­hari, former Head of State who overthrew a democratically elect­ed government in 1983. […]

  I have often wondered what Nigeria might have been if it hadn’t an ethnic minor­ity person as its leader the same way I have speculated about a United States of America without a black […]

This piece is predicated on three key assump­tions: firstly, that the presidential and Na­tional Assembly elections rescheduled for March 28 re­mains sacrosanct; secondly, that the orchestrated cam­paigns aimed at discrediting Prof. Attahiru Jega and INEC […]

B en Murray Bruce is running for the Senate of the Federal Republic. That may not be news to many. He is a media icon whose profile is public property. But  apart from hearing or […]

In two days time, Nigerians will have a choice to decide whether to continue enduring the pains inflicted by Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) buccaneers that have continued to wield power and influence over our lives.  March […]

When you ponder on the ingredients of democracy and a nation that has come to flourish in freedom of choices and expression, you immediately find the rhyme between bullies in power and a man that […]

For President Goodluck Jonathan, there remains only one last opportunity to graduate from office incumbent to statesman.  The hour of opportunity is only a couple of days away. It now comes down to one thing:  […]

By this time next week the 2015 presidential election must have been won and lost. That is if all goes well with the schedule of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC).  And, of course, the wish […]

IN just a matter of three days the long anticipated 2015 elections would have been under way. What took several years of arduous planning and billions of tax payers’ money that both the government and […]

BY now, most Nigerians know whom they will vote for. I would thus like to start a conversation, which is bigger than people and parties. It’s a conversation about social norms and our values as […]

President Goodluck Jonathan’s vision of Nigeria is one of a rosy future built on a secured environment, robust and diversified economy and well laid infrastructure to guarantee good life to all Nigerians. In articulating his […]

“Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.” – Chinua Achebe in Things Fall Apart BY the close of the year 2008, it was only the […]

WITH the media hype, excitement, elite speaking from both sides of their mouth, the fear of the huge reptile ready to swallow all living reptiles that come its ways, the sit-tight leaders glued into the […]

PEACEBUILDING and conflict management are such a noble task, that peace practitioners in our midst must be constantly commended and supported. The Christian religion recognises peace practitioners among the “blessed.” In Matthew’s Gospel (5:9), the […]

Posted on my e-mail by a Ghanaian friend sometime ago was this damning statement: “Nigerians, a people who are so forward in looking backward (e.g. they cherish celebrating anniversaries and memorials) but so backward in […]

Continuing, a degenerate and retrograde civilian rule that fuels internal conflict, engenders the factionalization of public and national institutions, where sitting Governors are abducted; where illegal impeachments are contrived and prosecuted by less than ten […]

At last, the die is cast. The long-awaited 2015 presidential election that has elicited so much trepidation across the country is here. Next Saturday, March 28, we all go to the polls and all Nigerians […]