democracy

Socrates’ critique of democracy, as preserved in Plato’s works, has long served as a cautionary tale. His assertion that democracy is destined to fail because it seeks to appease all…

There has been another addition to President Bola Tinubu’s media team. The president has also restructured his media team in a bid to “enhance efficiency within the government’s communication machinery.”…

Let’s come to the issues of recruitment and selection. All over the world, leadership is what changes history. Think of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir…

It is a glorious thing to have a tested leader as the president of a country. It is also a blessing when the president means what he says and when…

Democracy is a political paradigm, albeit, with a specific ideological undertone; and the ideological tone refers to the attributes of democracy. Indeed, that distinguishes it from other ideological classifications. Making…

Being a former British Colony, Nigeria had the political misfortune of being bequeathed with a public administration system that was based on ‘Migrated Social Structure’; and it could not have…

The grotesque Nigerian twins called democracy and military rule are crucially joined at the stomach. The military politicos and the civilian politicians eat into the same fat stomach like Siamese…

It’s crucial in this charged season that a good number of clowns in the name of politicians are toying with democracy in Nigeria that one remembers the departed one: Chima…

As I lay back and watched the news last night on the developing events in Washington, DC, the best phrase to describe what I felt at that moment is “sustained…

The curtain has now closed on the democratic soap opera that was the 2020 governorship election in Edo State. This was premium box office stuff. From the intrigues of dizzying…

What exactly is democracy? Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία dēmokratía, literally “rule by people”) is a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. … In a representative democracy the…

Our leadership are still struggling to understand democracy as a collective approach in meeting collective needs, such as quality education, jobs, housing, mass transportation system, quality health care services, pensions,…

“Corruption comes from low self-esteem, poor self-concept, low self-worth, fear of scarcity, and high manifestation of insecurity”. – Myles Monroe  “Blame is like the lightning; it hits the highest”. –…

I must sympathise with fellow compatriots for having unfit folks as lawmakers in this country. When I think of how this set of Legislature has reduced itself to public ridicules,…

The elation over Nigeria’s experiment in democracy is over. Reality is once again at our doorstep with the worrying questions about our future – the calibre of those running (or…

How can we get Nigeria right? It has been 57 years of turbulence. It has been five decades of uneasy peace and frustrated aspirations! How do we get Nigeria right?…