Nigeria since 1999: When will the years begin to count? By Dakuku Peterside
Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a military government. But they may have finished school and not found a job. They have probably learned to plan trips around insecurity, and they almost certainly run a generator at home. […]
Libya does not need tears
THE British Parliament this week is diverting world attention to another of its infamous Reports that tell you what you already know, contain no new information or insight, and has no tangible recommendations on the way forward.
Suffering and laughing!
Nigerians are famed for suffering and smiling. We’re also pretty good at laughing while we are suffering; and I’m sure that many of you would have heard the following absolutely hilarious jokes by now. But for those who haven’t, let me repeat them.
My sickled-cell anemic daughter
LIFE is a potpourri of two tumbles. Or so said the proverbial frog that flew itself into a bowl of hot water. Today is Sallah. And if the world was in the regular tumble I have been accustomed to,
Nigerians living for elections
THE deferment of the Edo State governorship election from Saturday, September 10, 2016 to Wednesday, September 28, 2016 gives us space for a little introspection into our election cycle.
The postponed Edo State governorship election
SOMETHING doesn’t look right about the decision to postpone the Edo State governorship election slated for last week. This is regardless of whatever reason or reasons informed the decision for the postponement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. But even on this there is nothing to fix the decision on. Conflicting reasons have been adduced for the postponement and the fact that no consensus can be reached on this apparently simple matter only raises suspicion about INEC’s motive for tinkering with the electoral calendar.
