Nigeria is seriously distressed. Not only has it failed to serve as a melting pot for ethnic, religious and primordial cleavages, the Nigerian state has over the years, tended to reinforce these fault lines. Thus, we can only talk of…
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Democracy As Hubris: The Confession Of Ibrahim Mantu – Modiu Olaguro
“Democracy is when the indigent, and not men of property are rulers” —Aristotle. The confession by a former deputy senate president to election malpractices once again brings to fore the never ending debate on…
PDP: A HYSTERICAL, TABLOID OPPOSITION – DR. UGOJI EGBUJO
Many are disappointed with the ruling party. The opposition has been presented a ridiculous opportunity. But a bleary-eyed, voluble, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has allowed beer-parlor habits distract it from diligent purposeful oppositional politics. The PDP has remained perpetually excited, intoxicated. The…
APES OBEY! 2019 BLUES – PIUS ADESANMI
Many wonder why the nationalists were able to return from London or America, lead political movements or parties and took over Nigeria in their 30s or 40s while four men in their forties – 2 from southwest, one from the…
2019 ELECTION: NIGERIA AT A CROSSROAD – RUDOLF OGOO OKONKWO
For over a decade, the drumbeat of Africa rising has been punctuated by the piano chords of Africa sliding back into its usual habits of poor governance, shrinking political space, and corruption. No country manifests these mood swings like the…
ABACHA LOOT: MATTERS MISCELLANY- SUFUYAN OJEIFO
I got a credible information last week from some grapevines in Abuja that the much-talked about outstanding sum of $322 million (not $321 million as has been widely reported) stashed away in some secret accounts by former military dictator, the…
PROFILES IN FORTITUDE AND COURAGE – LOUIS ODION
For those tempted to give up on the Nigerian identity, three recent events should offer some reassurance. Though disparate in circumstances, they nonetheless collectively tell the story of tenacity in the face of denial, character under temptation and courage under…
ON THE MATTER OF AMNESTY FOR BOKO HARAM
Most Nigerians were astonished when the Presidency, through the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed last Sunday that the Federal Government would grant amnesty to the Boko Haram Islamist insurgents if they would surrender and…
WHERE IS THE NIGERIAN OPPOSITION? – REUBEN ABATI
Less than a year to the next general elections in Nigeria, the biggest deficit in the political process leading to that moment is the absence of a robust, virile and effective opposition. The role of the opposition in a democracy…
KOGI STATE AND BAD GOVERNANCE
Kogi State is perpetually in the news, but almost always, for the wrong reasons. The stories from the state are hardly ever about development, progress or project commission. They are usually about political differences, conflicts, kidnapping, high- handedness, impunity, corruption…