American midterm lesson for Nigeria: When the people are angry, governments fall, by Ejiro Ofoye
The outcome of the November 3, 2026, midterm elections in the United States has once again demonstrated an important truth about democracy: no political party, no president and no government is bigger than the people. The American electorate has delivered a significant political message, one that should attract serious attention from political leaders, particularly those […]
June 12 dissemblers
Whoever it was that brought the proposal to accept June 12 as Democracy Day and honour M.K.O Abiola is the new evil genius in town in this volatile political season when the toxic aroma of the Abacha years is still very strong in the atmosphere
The quest for sustainable growth and development
ECONOMIC growth is the foundation of all material prosperity. In our age, quantitative growth is not enough – it has to be sustainable. By sustainable growth we mean a rate of output that meets the needs of the present society without compromising the ability of future generations to their own needs.
Time to forgive Gowon
General Yakubu Gowon will be 84 in October 2018. For a man who became Africa’s youngest leader at 32 in 1966, I am sure in his quiet moments he seeks the face of God to right the wrongs of the past. My appeal to the people of the old East is to forgive him.
Like MKO Abiola like Leah Sharibu
THE late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was the acclaimed, legitimate winner of the 1993 Presidential election, which was conducted, purportedly, to usher in a Democratic Administration after Ibrahim Babangida’s eight years in power, as Nigeria’s sole military President till date!
One Day in ‘June 12’
TOMMORROW, the 25th Commemoration of the annulled June 12 Presidential Elections, is to be recognised as ‘Democracy Day’ in Nigeria. That quasi recognition of the injustice meted out to the people by a conscienceless, kleptocratic and brutal military dictatorship should not be just about the elections, but the sustained, sometimes bloody struggles to force a historical and conservative state to recognise the electoral wish of the people and bring murderers to book, even if it has to be done, a quarter of a century later.
