Lagos, Nigeria in the 2019 Nigerian general elections had a lot in common with the Nigerian 1964 federal elections. The unifying factor between the two elections was how the ethnicities
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The major and foremost reason there is always so much tension, crisis and bloodshed in our polity during elections is because governance in Nigeria is a multi-trillion naira industry for
Ademola Adeleke’s victory at the Election Petition Tribunal is a locus classicus for democracy. It jogs the cerebral cortex and revivifies cautious hope in the judiciary. But really, the victory
When it dawned on him that he was on his way to losing his bid for re-election as governor of Ekiti State in 2014 before the official pronouncement by the
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children” – Nelson
Occasionally, one wonders the way we are configured in this part of the world. Lest I’m accused of subtle racism,
On election day for governors in 29 States and State Houses of Assembly seats on Saturday March 9, 2019, my
You must understand that some things do not happen naturally here. Protests, in particular, are not organic or “an act
The Presidential and National Assembly elections of February 23 2019 and those for the Governorship and State Assemblies of March
I don’t know why a few state governors are running around, dragging President Muhammadu Buhari by the hem of his
