WHEN POLITICIANS AMBUSH THE ELECTORATE

The Nigerian general elections is billed for February 2019. That is precisely in less than four months. There are 91 registered political parties who might be fielding candidates for the different elective positions. Ninety one is such an unwieldy number of political parties for a country struggling with the development of its democracy and country …

THE AUDACITY OF FORMER GOVERNORS

After the PDP primaries in Rivers State early last month, I asked how a Jonah Jang, a former governor of Plateau state, a current Senator from his senatorial district in a state that has seen more bloodshed, arson, and indigene/Settlers conflicts than any other part of the country (asides the Boko Haram mayhem in the …

EMIR SANUSI: RIGHT ADVICE, WRONG AUDIENCE

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11 came into national consciousness in June 2009 when the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua nominated him as the governor of the Nigerian Central bank. Prior to that time, he had been operating at a very high level in the Nigerian banking sector having worked at the United Bank …

2019:WOULD NIGERIA GET THE LEADERSHIP IT DESERVES?

It is with very mixed feelings that one had observed the different party primaries that ended on the 7th of October this year. INEC had set the deadline hoping the political parties would showcase their idea on internal democracy by conducting free and fair primaries. Sadly though, the candidates have emerged from the parties but …

NDIGBO AND THE POLITICS OF VICE PRESIDENCY

  The post of the Vice President in Nigeria was made popular by the meek, cerebral and industrious late Alex Ekwueme, a well educated, admirably patriotic man of blessed memory during the Second Republic. He was chosen as Vice President to Alhaji Shehu Shagari, a teacher who became the President of Nigeria in 1979. Popular …