politicians

I have often hypothesised on the concept of power. I hold firmly to the belief in the beauty of democracy as the bastion of inclusiveness and participatory governance. I strongly…

May 29, 2015 Press Release Inaugural speech by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari following his swearing-in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29th May, 2015 I am…

About 6 months ago when political parties began their primary elections to choose their representatives for the various elective posts across the federation, many didn’t know where the pendulum would…

Ever since Nigeria’s Independence in 1960 and becoming a Republic in 1963, the country seems to have been living on the edge; living dangerously, like the adrenalin-junkies of the extreme…

Now, let’s face it. Despite all the empty (and, often, very exasperating) noise about being driven by patriotism and “desire to serve my people” that usually saturates the atmosphere at…

It was Austin Erhabor, a colleague of mine, who forwarded Charles Soludo’s article titled “Buhari vs. Jonathan: Beyond the Election” to my email. When I did not get back to…

Both the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress appear to have settled on obfuscation as the name of the game in this election season. Both parties, and the…

The wind is blowing, the wind Nigerians have always desired and dreamt of but vanishes at the break of dawn. Nigerians have never experienced such wind since our transition from…

Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it – Frantz Fanon Despotism has thrived for so long in this country because it has…

The primaries are over. Some politicians are happy. Many more are grieving and recovering from the shock of losing. That is their world; they are rational political beings. The most…

A piece of heartening political news came out of Nigeria last week. No, it was not the Federal Government’s proclamation last Friday that it had reached an immediate ceasefire agreement…