Special Assistant of the DecadeGuest Columnist: Okey IkechukwuEdifying Elucidations BY OKEY IKECHUKWU The THISDAY awards have come and gone. The winners in the various categories of merit are probably not done with the celebrations. The particular award on the basis…
A former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said the country is now back to its military dictatorship days under President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Obasanjo said this on Sunday in an open letter to Buhari where he said the Nigerian leader is…
“........if he could do it in Anambra, he can do it for Nigeria! Choosing Peter Obi as the Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, was a great delight to Nigerians all over the world. He had indeed…
2019 marks the 65th anniversary of the adoption of the federal political system in Nigeria. As the 2019 elections approach, the issue of restructuring has risen to the top of the national political agenda, with some presidential candidates committing themselves…
By Abamara Nnaemeka and Chinedu Onyeizugbe “Providence has given us an alternative PDP mandate in the persons of Abubakar Atiku and Peter Obi to liberate us from these doldrums of economic, political and social coma.” The emergence as President of…
OBVIOUSLY, one of the greatest problems of politics in Nigeria (and indeed many parts of the world, since after the times of the great philosophers of this world like Aristotle, Socrates and Plato) is that many people immediately equate it…
In order to defeat terror, Nigeria needs a well thought out anti-terror plan and one thing that must be central to that plan is the buy in of the people because terror can only thrive where there is local support.…
By Jude Atupulazi As the count down towards the general elections of 2019 begins with the commencement of campaigns, there is no doubt that only two political parties are in the mix of things in the presidential race. They are…
Minabere Ibelema It is a little over a month now since presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar chose Peter Obi as his running mate to a near universal applause. That is, outside the circles of the All Progressives Congress. Among the phrases…
Chima Christian and Oseloka H. Obaze Money politics and campaign finance remain topical, disconcerting and divisive issues in Nigeria. The challenges they pose are further compounded by vote-buying and prohibitive filing fees charged by the political parties. Challenges to political…