2023 Elections

In a startling turn of events on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal (PEPT) delivered a ruling that sent shockwaves through Nigeria’s political landscape, as it nullified…

Several months ago, I wrote an article on INEC which was published on the pages of some Nigerian newspapers. In that article, 2023 General elections: INEC will succeed, I had…

Though the sound of 2023 general elections appear to have come and gone, the decibel of its fury is definitely yet to abate. There is no doubt that by the…

The 2023 General Elections in Nigeria: Omodé gbón, àgbà gbón, la se da Ilè-ife (The dictum that wisdom is not exclusively age or gender bound is the fundamental basis of…

Since the post-Cold War era of the transition to democratic rule, many African countries, including Nigeria, have faced challenges that threaten democratic governance. In addition to weakening the democratic system,…

Many Nigerians believe that election is democracy and democracy is elections. What has seemingly helped to establish that maxim or belief in the hearts and minds of many of our…

To start with, election candidacy ought not to be an impromptu decision. For inspiration, we may have to turn to the Western civilization for succour. After all, our social structures…

‘’The people always have some champions whom they set over them and nurse into greatness…This and no other is the root from which tyranny springs.’’- Plato Like everything that has its…

Originally, in the secular world, the State comes before the Church, because, by its institutional characteristics, it is the custodian of all other institutions. In other words, the State is…

Come February 25, 2023, Nigerians will troop en masse to the polls to choose their next crop of leaders – President, Governors and Legislators – at the two levels of…

There was a time in the UK when knife crime was prevalent. An iconic sculpture now known as The Knife Angel was erected by some well-meaning individuals to highlight knife…

The airwaves have been inundated with the call for a power shift from the North to the South even though zoning and rotation are not expressly provided for in the…

The day is fast approaching; sliding fast like running water escaping from a wedge and nothing can stop it at its present rush. Anything with a fixed date, as usual,…