Tactical voting: How opposition can defeat Tinubu without a sole candidate, by Olu Fasan
This is authorial licence. I am writing about a subject on which I have no particular interest, by which I mean that I’m not rooting for any candidate in next year’s presidential election. However, I am fascinated by how the opposition parties have been “strategising” to unseat President Bola Tinubu, yet doing so in fits […]
Parliamentary Power vs. Executive Overreach: Global examples and Nigeria’s contrast (1), by Afe Babalola
In mature democracies, the time-honoured practice is that the executives obey and follow the law strictly. In fact and in law, it is a convention to obey the law strictly.This week, I will examine some examples from the US, UK, Canada and Germany where Parliament or Congress has checked executive power and then detail Nigeria’s troubling […]
Gatekeepers or spectators? National Assembly’s 2-year performance gap, by Dakuku Peterside
…the 10th National Assembly’s legacy risks being summed up in one brutal statistic—19 per cent.
Constitution made in a hurry, made in error, by Eric Teniola
In promulgating decree 24 on May 5, 1999 as the 1999 Constitution, the then Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, made an addendum to the decree. The addendum was not part of the decree, it was just an explanation on the Constitution. General Abubakar […]
A rock and a hard place, by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
“Two men in a burning house must not stop to argue”- African proverb The choice between a rock and a hard place describes a situation of being between two equally difficult, even impossible options. It is what comes to mind as a number of developments in the country are contemplated by people in a widely […]
The Abiola-Tinubu-Aregbesola triumvirate in politics, by Owei Lakemfa
Nigeria, this Thursday, May 29, 2025, marks its 26th anniversary ending brutal military rule, and embarking on the road to democracy. I am reminded, on this occasion, of three political figures who contributed to this situation. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged into national consciousness in 1992 when he was elected the Senator representing the Lagos West Constituency. […]
