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 […]
In search of a new political class
Nigeria will go under if we don’t restructure. But I am now fully persuaded that a restructured polity also needs noblemen and women to run its affairs. They abound in our polity and they must begin to step forward now to join a sprinkling who are currently on the scene to change the game
Wake up call for NCC
NCC must put in place a continuous policy to make it difficult and unprofitable for phones to be stolen and sold in Nigeria
Allison Akene Ayida speaks (2)
AS a nation, Nigeria has neither been blessed with charismatic leadership universally acclaimed or generally acceptable to all. Nor has Nigerians been fortunate enough to have such a great leadership imposed
PDP: Why Supreme Court must decide quickly
After making its pronouncement, the PDP can go and stew its own juices if it so chooses, but let it never be said that the Supreme Court, by delaying justice, denied the party a fair chance to exercise its legitimate right to vie for power in 2019
T/BILLS: Who will stop this looting spree?
It is also worrisome that the public wrongly assumes that the hundreds of billions of Naira borrowed annually, with such high costs, are actually applied to improve social infrastructure
