Democracy and Governance

What is clear to all serious analysts is that certain powers within the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party circles are very...

On Wednesday, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, issued a press statement about...

Even at the tamest of times, Nigeria can be an infuriating address. In an election season, it becomes maddening, a...

Why propaganda, vote-buying won’t save Jonathan, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú

On Saturday, the President of Niger, Muhammadou Issoufou was in Diffa, the largest Kanuri city in the country to thank...

Today, despite massive expansions in educational institutions, those we characterize as Nigeria’s political “chieftains”, “stakeholders”, “transformers” and “political icons” are...

He has been exposed as a scheming and treacherous politician whose obsession with power is almost infinite

I have always described Nigeria as a country where the people love democracy and the leaders routinely subvert democracy. The...

The displaced, disenfranchised voters of the northeast of Nigeria present a conundrum.

On Saturday, I was part of the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room that met with the Chairman of the Independent National...