Boycott the boycottables, by Eric Teniola
Let us imagine that the opposition parties will boycott the forthcoming elections scheduled for next year. How will such a boycott affect the country and our democracy? And is boycott the best option? Cameroon and Tanzania experienced election boycotts by the opposition recently, but that has not affected the overall rating of the election results. In 2000, […]
Postponement of elections as a culture
ANNULMENT of elections, violence before, during and after elections, banning of candidates and postponement of elections are gradually becoming part of the Nigeria culture.
A contest between two kindreds
IN the next few days, we shall make a choice between President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, GCON on who should be our President on May 29.
Abuse of the electoral system
SENATOR Mahmud Waziri (1936-2012) died on September 18, 2012 in Medina, Saudi Arabia. He was elected from Adamawa on the platform of GNPP in 1979 and served till 1983. He was a member of three Senate committees—transport and aviation, banking and currency and finance and appropriation.
Shehu Shagari, part hero
ALMOST 35years after he was overthrown from power, former President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari answered his final call last month. He was 93. He was the most prominent link between the First and Second republics.
The Judiciary in distress
THE two day meeting of the National Judicial Council will begin on Tuesday 15th January. It is a scheduled meeting which will be presided over by the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter S. Nkanu Onnoghen, who happens to be Chairman of the Council.
