Opinion

Checking electoral fraud via e-voting

By Obike Ukoh Since the emergence of Nigeria as a sovereign nation, conducting  free, fair and credible elections, appeared to be a mission impossible. The first post election, after the country...

Worries about deepening poverty in Nigeria

By Obike Ukoh A prominent politician once told his audience that the problem with the country is the political...

Mzee Raila Odinga: A legacy of service and democracy

By Sonny Onyegbula The remains of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga were laid to rest on Sunday, 19th October in...

Nigeria and Senior Advocates of No-Consequence (SANs)

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The ritual of the “Call to Bar” is the formal ceremony for the admission of...

Activist calls for dignity, due process, gender-sensitive protocols in aviation

As a gender rights activist and advocate for gender equality, I am deeply horrified and outraged by the...
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The Wages of Presidential Subterfuge By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

On the evening of 5 April 2012, the prime-time bulletin on the television news of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), announced to the country...

Nigeria has an unconvincing attempt at innovative elections

In 2023, the list of national elections stretches so long across the globe that the countries that will hold them, from Andorra to Zimbabwe, almost flirt with covering the alphabet.

February 25 presidential/NA elections by U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria

The people of Nigeria demonstrated their dedication to democracy on February 25, but there are many angry and frustrated Nigerians as well as many who are celebrating victories they believe were hard-fought and well-earned.  

When power becomes poison: The peril of political Hubris

By Aare Amerijoye DOT.B. I just listened to Dr. Reuben Abati’s incisive commentary and his analysis of Nyesom Wike, the minister of FCT and former...

5-year single tenure will solve Nigeria’s political problems – Analyst

By: Anthony Ofoma Abakaliki, Nigeria - A Political Analyst and Entrepreneur, Chief Anthony Ofoma, has said that a five-year single tenure in office for political...

APC to Mallam Nasir El-Rufai: Quit Sulking, get a grip, salvage some respectability

In his frenzied attempt to justify his rather implausible exit from the All Progressives Party (APC), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former Governor of Kaduna State,...
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