In a few days from now, Nigerians will usher in a new set of leaders to administer the government for the next four years. May 29, 2015 – Nigeria’s Democracy Day is a day many Nigerians and the world at large are looking forward to. On this day, the baton of leadership will change hands, not only from individuals, but also from political parties.

They have been arriving in thousands. Some of them are weak, others are kept strong by hope for a better future. So many die daily, while many others are carried in body bags at the end of the journey. While the less fortunate ones are fed to the creatures under the sea. It has been dubbed the journey into the unknown, and undertaken only by the bold.

The results of the United Kingdom 2015 General Elections threw up many shock defeats for some of the major political parties and clear gains for others. The elections, projected to be the most indecisive in the history of the country turned out to be one that the people of Great Britain rose and made a clear choice for the continuation of the Conservative Party government.

When the Olusegun Obasanjo-led government announced in 2004 of a revamp of the pension system in Nigeria, millions of pensioners across the country heaved a sigh of relief. They danced, clapped and sang praises of the then president for his thoughts towards their plights.

The United Kingdom 2015 General Election takes place in just a few days from now. The political campaigns by the major parties have been stepped up, as they jostle for votes from one corner of the country to the other. They have been making use of all opportunities to woo the electorate who may still be undecided or they think can easily be swayed.

There are various video clips circulating on social media networks of the xenophobic attacks going on in the former apartheid country, South Africa. When I first came across one of these clips earlier this week, my initial reaction was to ignore it and turn over to reputable broadcast news outlets to see if I can get more stories and probably watch “clean” videos of these attacks.

I ran into an old friend some time last week. He is the type of friend you only see, probably once in a decade. I have known my friend from way back in the primary school when we were the best of friends and sometimes, the worst enemies. We argued, fought and laughed on basically everything. We were the best of friends.

As we count down to Nigeria’s 2015 General Elections on March 28, so also is the world watching events unfold in the United Kingdom towards the May 7 elections. These two countries are linked in history. Nigeria, a former colony, governed and ruled by Her Majesty the Queen and a member of the Commonwealth.

Today, being the first Sunday in March, let’s take a break from politics or any national discourse and talk generally on what we are facing in the new world dispensation of “development”. The new styles, new outlook on life and by extension, new way of doing things, that sadly, may not conform with acceptable norms in a society.

It is an interesting development to see Nigerians of different persuasions and political ideologies coming together to sign peace accords or agreements in preparation for the 2015 General Elections. This is indeed something worth commending the initiators and the participants for.

It is no longer news that the hitherto scheduled and anticipated 2015 Nigeria General Elections did not hold yesterday. Instead Nigerians went out joyously to celebrate Valentine’s Day. We did not vote, but the day was not wasted. Lovers were all over the town. Husbands and wives “feigned” love as they present their spouses with flowers, cards and chocolates. To them, love should only be “expressed” once a year on Valentine’s Day. And for some wives, yesterday was no different, as their husbands still “played away game” with the excuse of official “duties”. To these set of people, they would have preferred the election held, so as to keep the husbands indoors. But it never happened.

It’s a few days to the most important date in the history and future of Nigeria in recent times – February 14, 2015. This is the day Nigerians will go to polls to determine who will rule them for the next four years. Thanks to democracy, It is a day of choice. On Saturday, we shall troop out, armed with our PVCs and make a choice of the man or woman to steer the destiny of Nigeria in the new dispensation.

In recent times and especially as months turn to weeks and weeks to days in the run up to this month’s general elections a new trend has been noticed among Nigerian politicians and their followers. Observers have reported the “charged up” political atmosphere. The situation has changed from what it was a few months ago. It seems the tag “casual” that was initially placed on the nature of campaigns has now been replaced.

The journey to the 2015 Nigerian General Elections is gradually coming to an end. Everybody has been involved one way or the other in the run up to the elections. It is not surprising to see Nigerians from all geo-political zones contributing to the elections’ “debates”. They are raising their voices, outdoing each other, “hyping” their candidates and condemning opponents to “rubbish bins”.

At the onset of the electioneering campaign for next month’s general election in Nigeria, observers anticipated that two major issues would dominate the campaign. They are corruption and insecurity, especially Boko Haram’s threat to national existence. However, it is disappointing that these contestants have so far not lived up to the expectations of the analysts, observers, Nigerians and the world. The candidates have been carrying on as if they care less about the Boko Haram insurgency or corruption in Nigeria.