LET me begin by registering my deep approval of the energy of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to hunt down General Muhammadu Buhari’s academic credentials. Some Nigerians feel that this is
In the 40 years since Professor Pat Okedinachi Utomi’s University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) days, he has remained consistently relevant, even as many have risen, fallen and disappeared. On the thrust of
WERE Nigeria to be as advanced as some Western countries, where democracy has thrived for centuries; where electoral contests are not as warlike as we have here, one would have ignored the
OUR democracy,which was not given too much hope of survival at the beginning in 1999,is maturing. I guess too that our desire is to let it remain mature and nothing more. We
EVEN as melodramatic as election times are, there are often red lines never to be trampled for the sake of the health of the polity. This, tragically, appears meaningless to many Nigerian
NIGERIA is back to it again. Tension, apprehension and suspension pervade the land. Though we are yet to witness a similar situation quoted by late Chinua Achebe when the falcon
AFTER attending a meeting at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu, where the commission displayed the workings of the card reader for the election, All Progressives Congress’
Comrade Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi is the Chairman of the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of over 460 civil society organisations. In this interview with ARMSFREE AJANAKU, he puts forward TMG’s reasoning
THE palpable apprehension being nursed by the electorate on February 14 Presidential election and beyond cannot be wished away with a wave of the hands. This becomes apparent especially when people
• There Is Need For Caution, Say Falae, Adebanjo SOME Southwest elders have thrown their weight behind the dates sets for the 2015 general elections, insisting that the original plans should remain
