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Why Nigeria’s Opposition Bears Greater Responsibility for Democratic Decline

The essence of democracy is not the ballot. The ballot is only its instrument. The essence of democracy is the free and open contest...

Accountability, Not Excuses, Is the True Test of Democratic Leadership

There is a powerful lesson in the political fate of Keir Starmer, but it is not merely a British lesson. It is not about Westminster...

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Why Nigeria’s Opposition Bears Greater Responsibility for Democratic Decline

The essence of democracy is not the ballot. The ballot is only its instrument. The essence of democracy is the free and open contest...

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Why Nigeria’s Opposition Bears Greater Responsibility for Democratic Decline

The essence of democracy is not the ballot. The ballot is only its instrument. The essence of democracy is the free and open contest...

How Not to Criticise Governor Aiyedatiwa: A Case for Facts Over Speculation

In the rough-and-tumble arena of Nigerian bolekaja politics, where heated rhetoric often eclipses sober reason, Sufuyan Ojeifo’s latest satanic salvo, “No Lotus for Governor...

Accountability, Not Excuses, Is the True Test of Democratic Leadership

There is a powerful lesson in the political fate of Keir Starmer, but it is not merely a British lesson. It is not about Westminster...

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Why Nigeria’s Opposition Bears Greater Responsibility for Democratic Decline

The essence of democracy is not the ballot. The ballot is only its instrument. The essence of democracy is the free and open contest...

How Not to Criticise Governor Aiyedatiwa: A Case for Facts Over Speculation

In the rough-and-tumble arena of Nigerian bolekaja politics, where heated rhetoric often eclipses sober reason, Sufuyan Ojeifo’s latest satanic salvo, “No Lotus for Governor...

Accountability, Not Excuses, Is the True Test of Democratic Leadership

There is a powerful lesson in the political fate of Keir Starmer, but it is not merely a British lesson. It is not about Westminster...

I See Government and the Media as Democratic Rivals, Yet Partners in Nation-Building — Tinubu

  Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I am happy to join you today for the maiden State House Press Corps Presidential Dinner. First, I apologise on behalf...

Ribadu’s Long Game: Building a Smarter, Stronger National Security Architecture

When security forces foiled a planned terrorist attack on students writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Kogi State and neutralised...

Old Age is Expensive

Old age is expensive. Very expensive. Especially so if there is an early onset of age-related diseases. Old age is called the ‘evening’ or...

Awolowo warned Northern leaders that failure to embrace Western education would breed mass poverty, insecurity

Northern Nigeria is angry. This anger is not strictly borne from the unremitting, horrific spillage of blood on its soil. Rather, Northern Nigeria is...

Birthday Tribute to Mr Bayo Onanuga, Nemesis of Military Dictators

Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Strategy, who is marking his birthday this Saturday, 20 June, has a...

Ribadu’s evolving role in Nigeria’s security landscape, northern perceptions, and political expectations

When Nuhu Ribadu stood at the podium of the Ladi Kwali Hall in January 2006, he was still the celebrated chairman of the Economic...

Echoes of History: Democracy and the Deregistration Judgment

  The controversy generated by the recent judgment reportedly directing the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord Party and several other political parties...

Don’t Compliment Me by Insulting My People

  It was a Saturday morning, around 9:00 a.m. I stood in my kitchen debating breakfast. Should I settle for a healthy bowl of oats garnished...

Memory and Nation Building

A man is a sum of his memories. So, says Ernest Hemmingway. Can I amend this to say that a man is a sum...