“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States of America. Quite a…
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Elections everywhere tend to be divisive. This is because mobilization of support hinges on a successful creation of a simplistic…
Eventually, the 2023 general elections have come and gone. The winners have emerged as well as gallant losers. Like the…
A major problem with elections in Nigeria, Africa and the entire developing world is the culture of rejection of results…
Since 2015, I have been a politician on sabbatical leave with my return to mainstream journalism but privately providing strategies…
The title of my article last week was “2023 elections: Will Nigerians, INEC, Politicians, or the courts decide? I put…
It is fundamental to state at this outset that there is no presidential election yet conducted in 2023 and that…
At exactly 4:10am, Mahmood Yakubu the Chairman of INEC, the only one empowered by the constitution to declare the results…
As imperfect as any human endeavour is, as disappointing as the election turned out to be, compared with the pre-election…
Those who vote decide nothing; those who count the votes decide everything- Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, USSR dictator (18 December, 1878…
We forget who we are sometimes— But oh, the power when we remember /Topher Kearby As you read this,…
The Presidential election this Saturday is set to be one with very high stakes and possible twists and turns. The…
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. – James…
The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it – Karl…
With days before the 2023 general elections is upon Nigeria like the pangs of childbirth, a tempest of reactions have…
The upcoming general elections in Nigeria deserve our participation—all of us. I know we must be tired of the present…
The very open lie the evil elites and oppressors makes the people believe that we’re in a democracy is the…
Elections in Africa Not less than 18 African countries are scheduled to have their Presidential and National Assembly elections this…
With less than one month left for Libya’s delicate and critical elections, there are growing fears of armed confrontation. Tensions…
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, on Saturday cast his vote at Polling Unit 02, Ward D, Oke Balogun,…
I have said it so several times that when Nigerian politicians converge to map out plans for acquiring power, which,…
Nigerian democracy is so only in name. Going by the most basic definitions, Nigerian democracy is not anywhere near a…
Experts have predicted that COVID-19 may remain a crisis much longer than 2022, with “up to 70% of the world’s population” becoming…