Fear of electoral violence in 2027, by Tonnie Iredia
Since December 12, 1959 when the first national pre-independence elections were held in Nigeria till today, we have had no election without citizens losing sleep and remaining exceedingly anxious over electoral violence. Even the June 12, 1993 Presidential election internationally recognised as the nation’s best had its own tension. Indeed, the 1993 election was the […]
Census 2023: Nigerians expect more than assurances
By Tonnie Iredia The lofty gains which experts say a nation can reap by premising its development on population figures probably leaves some people, especially foreigners, wondering why Nigeria has remained in existence from its origin without an acceptable census figure. Many Nigerian citizens and groups who permanently dispute their country’s figures are neither mad […]
Another look at Nigeria’s 2023 election process
By Tonnie Iredia Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would shortly undertake a review of election activities and actors in the recently conducted general elections in the country. The review which must necessarily include issues in the institutional environment should begin with party primaries that usually serve as the foundation of the complications in Nigerian […]
Nigeria doesn’t need government of national unity
By Tonnie Iredia Between Saturday, February 25, 2023 when the presidential and national assembly elections were held in Nigeria and today, the mass media have been replete with calls for the next president to compose a government of national unity (GNU). The argument is that such a strategy could calm frayed nerves and create some […]
Hopefully, INEC will account for voter cards
By Tonnie Iredia Voter turn-out in Nigerian elections, that is, the number of voters who actually vote in comparison with the total number of those who registered to vote is usually incredibly low. The general belief is that the trend is attributable to poor public enlightenment suggesting rather wrongly that many Nigerians are unaware of […]
Nigeria’s Supreme Court must remain standing
By Tonnie Iredia The 2023 general elections and the naira redesign policy were the two most dominant issues of the last few weeks in Nigeria. Luckily, the nation’s Supreme Court,two days ago, resolved one of them by its rulingthat the old naira notes should continue to be in use till the end of this year. […]
