Post mortem on the 2015 elections
The doomsayers’ predictions of Nigeria’s disintegration in an orgy of violence after the general elections of March 28 and April 11 have proved false....
Defections, in whose interest?
Nigerians have reasons to worry about the gale of defections from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) since the...
Jonathan, true hero of democracy
The doomsday scenario which predated the presidential election on March 28 looked real and frightening indeed.
Lending credence to it was the American Institute’s prediction...
Beyond 2015 elections
The two front runners in the presidential election yesterday, March 28 – Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Muhammadu Buhari of...
All eyes on Nigeria
On Saturday, March 28, some 68.8 million registered Nigerian voters will elect the president and National Assembly (NASS) legislators.
The question that concentrates the minds...
Abba’s toy-game with Constitution
Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has demonstrated precisely what is deplorable about the concentration of power in one individual or institution
With a wave...
Elections and dark, ominous clouds
It is unclear whether President Goodluck Jonathan is aware of it. But it makes no difference.
With three weeks to the rescheduled polls on March...
Shagari at 90
Two illustrious Nigerians with towering reputations for integrity were in the news last week.
Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
Call for ING
Ordinarily, in any normal country the call for Interim National Government on the eve of pivotal general elections should have been dismissed with a...
NLC’s show of shame
The 11th delegates’ conference of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which was expected to produce a new set of officers ended in a fiasco...
