Let ideas dominate the campaigns
The August 19, 2026 date fixed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the commencement of campaigns for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly Elections has passed. Once again, Nigeria has entered another election season, bringing with it the familiar sights and sounds of rallies, endorsements, defections, slogans, promises and political fireworks. But Nigerians […]
Time To Get Serious
AHEAD of the April 2011, general elections, political parties last week, preoccupied themselves with elections and selections of candidates to represent them in the various positions that will be statutorily available for refilling under the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.
Still on Party Primaries
PRIMARIES to select presidential, governorship, states and Federal legislative party flag bearers for the general elections, scheduled to take place in April, were recently conducted by the registered political parties.
Economy – The Ringing Realities
PERHAPS, in his lengthiest letter ever, President Goodluck Jonathan, in 4943 words, replied former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar accusations that the 2011 budget is a failure.
Romania Taxes Her Witches
ROMANIAN witches who have long thirsted for government recognition are getting the type of deal they never imagined – they are to pay tax from this month. The law says so.
Elections, Not At All Costs
OUR democracy is unique. The practices are peculiar. When it is election time, the preparations assume a crescendo determined to crush anything that stands on the way of those who want results.
Constitutional confusion coming
A FEDERAL High Court decision that annulled amendments to the 1999 Constitution may be the initial descent to constitutional anarchy, unless parties to the dispute abide by a judicial ruling on processes for amending the Constitution.
Mogadishu – An Irony, A Warning
IT is ironical the cantonment in Abuja where a blast killed and injured people in a pre-New Year revel is named Mogadishu after the capital of Somalia, which has had no central government since General Mahammad Siad Barre was over- thrown in 1991.
Delta – Midway Test For Politicians
THE election in Delta State tomorrow is a test for politicians as Nigerians look forward to the elections in April. There is no doubt the Court of Appeal found grounds to annul the governorship election of 14 April 2007.
Jonathan’s 2010 Achievements
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is a modest man. This reflected in his 2010 achievements. He, however, went off the mark when he awarded his administration pass marks on these results.
Seasonal Greetings From Jos
ON Christmas eve, riots broke out in Jos, after blasts that have so far claimed 84 lives. Every month last year, there were killings in Jos or surrounding villages. Every such incident in Jos is religious, a clash between the two major religions and attempts at reprisals by the losing side in a former encounter.
