By Tonnie Iredia These days, my table tennis club has become more exciting with daily discussions on politics and elections in Nigeria. Last week was particularly interesting going by the divergent but well-articulated viewpoints on election petitions especially the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court concerning the candidature of the APC for the Yobe North […]

By Tonnie Iredia Last week’s revelation by Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State that some elements within the Presidential Villa were working assiduously for the defeat of the ruling party and its presidential candidate in the coming general elections was a major story of the week. But for the general hardship caused by the […]

By Tonnie Iredia The several interventions of the Nigerian military in the governance of the country affected one arm-the legislature more than the other two-the executive and the judiciary. This is because at each intervention, it was only the legislature that was always suspended. Thus, the overzealousness of members of that arm since 1999 when […]

By Tonnie Iredia It is not difficult to know that the reason Nigeria has had unending electoral offences, is because the nation’s political leaders gain from the trend. Electoral offences are not happening only because we are a large underdeveloped nation that does not prioritize how an electoral body manages a credible contest; they always […]

By Tonnie Iredia One major reason Nigeria has been unable to perfect her election processes despite the numerous elections conducted in the country since independence, is because the people have not been able to understand their supposed political system. Although independence was reportedly attained in 1960, colonialism has not really ended. As a result, many […]