By Tonnie Iredia In most democracies, the term ‘election’ means far more than its voting segment of casting ballots which many erroneously over-patronize. In truth, election is not an event but a process of inter-related events which must holistically be handled to get an undisputed winner. Before the casting of ballots, segments such as the […]

By Tonnie Iredia Last Wednesday, state capitals across Nigeria witnessed protests by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against the plan to remove the country’s minimum wage from her Exclusive Legislative List. Expectedly, several elite voices have since condemned Labour on the subject. While some, such as governors elected on the platform of the […]

Whoever is prevailing on the governor to soft-pedal so as not to be accused of pursuing his predecessor, iscertainly not doing society any good By Tonnie Iredia The saying that ‘government is a continuum’ makes ample sense to many because no patriot is likely to object to the continuation of well-thought-out policies initiated by a […]

It is thus inappropriate to attempt to resolve herder/farmer clashes and expect the problem at hand to be over By Tonnie Iredia Nigeria’s high level of insecurity in the last couple of years has been exacerbated beyond insurgency to now include banditry and organized kidnapping. This has put the nation at red alert. Painfully, no […]

The attack on Lai Mohammed along with the tacit approval given by the party is unwise By Tonnie Iredia At end of the 2015 election which was won by the then opposition party- the All Progressives Congress (APC), many Nigerians were confident that Lai Mohammed, the party’s national publicity secretary would easily clinch the position […]