Election without political parties: outlook towards 2027, by Usman Sarki
“Political parties created democracy, and modern democracy is unthinkable save in terms of the parties.” — E. E. Schattschneider I sometimes wonder if Schattschneider would review his opinion on the centrality of political parties in a democratic dispensation if he had anticipated the situation in Nigeria today. In 2022, I was invited to serve as […]
Is the Judiciary the problem of INEC?
Our judges must take time to listen to us all and determine who is right from who is wrong and who makes sense and who does not
Buhari: When bigotry and incompetence threaten Nigerian unity
Buhari suffers from four forms of bigotry which old age and his elevation to the highest office in the land have not erased. They are ethnic, regional, religious and gender
Nigeria and the curse of Sisyphus (1)
The question now is: how many of those that have emerged at the forefront of political leadership in Nigeria actually possess those intellectual, moral and spiritual characteristics Plato recommended as essential for good leadership?
Dancing in the wind
Nothing is working. The security situation is appalling and has slidded to the lowest level. People openly boast of the evil they can do. Strangers from hell are pushing to colonize us and our leaders are giving them leeway, accommodating them and making patronizing political statements
Trump shutdown defines one year of administration
Trump is renowned as a president who has no restraints on the use of words in public
