The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on political leaders, to return to true democracy as a mark of respect for...
By Farooq A. Kperogi The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), one of Nigeria’s most prominent pro-democracy NGOs, invited me to make a virtual presentation from...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has called on the opposition parties in Nigeria to come together and form a formidable front to protect the country’s democracy. Mr...
Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in...
President Bola Tinubu says he plans to govern Nigeria with fairness, equity and justice and not to rule over Nigerians. Tinubu said this in his inaugural...
Last week I was a guest speaker at the reception organized by distinguished members of Ilaje Forum for the newly-appointed Chief Judge of Ondo State, The...
Idayat Hassan, director, Centre for Democracy and Development, West Africa and Udo Jude Ilo, head of Nigeria office for the Open Society Initiative for West Africa...
Perhaps more than any time in history, ordinary Nigerians came to realise their political power after the 2015 elections. Social media, Twitter and Facebook, in particular,...
Major National dailies in Nigeria from Punch Nigerian Newspaper, to Vanguard Nigerian National Newspaper, to DailyTrust Nigerian National Newspaper, Business Day, Guardian, Daily Sun and others,...
In June 2021, I met Jamiu Abiola, the multi-linguist, author and the Shettima of Borno and we spoke extensively about what Democracy meant for his family....
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, warned that a disruption to the electoral process would undermine Nigerian democracy and destabilise the country. Yakubu made...
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State recently made the following proud statement; “Kano has a population triple or four times some states, therefore, should be given...