Three things appear very tragic in last week’s Kogi governorship/senatorial elections. They are, first, the video that went viral of the young Kogi ladies chanting the...
First Osun. Then Kano. Now Kogi and Bayelsa states. The spate of violence during election brings doubt on Nigerias ability to get it right. Unlike other...
What do you think will happen in Bayelsa and Kogi States this coming Saturday? The question was posed to me last week Monday by a prominent...
Defeat is an orphan. Nothing illustrates its orphanage as vividly as the fate of two politicians involved in last week’s elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States:...
On Saturday, November 16, 2019, the Independent National Electoral Commission conducted four elections across two states. For the first time, INEC held two off-cycle governorship elections...
Tell me one politician who maliciously maligned President Muhammadu Buhari that hasn’t gone oblivion! From former president Olusegun Obasanjo down to former President of the Senate...
Politics in Nigeria becomes more difficult as the years go by. The idea of progression in Nigeria’s vocabulary is making things more difficult. In fact, if...
Prebendalism was coined by Richard Joseph to describe what has become a central feature of Nigerian politics and governance. In his book, Democracy and Prebendal Politics...
Preliminary reports from the last gubernatorial polls in Bayelsa and Kogi states show that the elections were generally marred by massive violence, rigging, and vote-buying. This...
When we advised them that politics is nothing but the struggle for self aspirations, they look at me and called me names. Never in your life...