Voters, not courts, must decide elections
The warning from the 22nd All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) in Enugu is timely. Under the theme “The Ballot, the Media and the Task of Keeping Democracy Alive” and a sub-theme on detecting and debunking AI disinformation, the conference examined forces shaping Nigeria’s democracy ahead of the 2027 general elections. Significantly, the Independent National Electoral […]
Obasanjo Preaches Social Justice
SOMETHING happens to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo each time he travels abroad, he speaks in ways that cut an image of the Obasanjo that Nigerians never know, though he was a military Head of State for three years and a civilian President for eight years.
JAMB – Experimenting with the future
INTENTIONS, no matter how noble they may seem, are no longer enough as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, would have discovered in its most recent conduct of examinations into universities.
Boko Haram, Its Conditions
OUR security agencies are becoming an embarrassment. President Goodluck Jonathan compounds the situation by excusing the lapses. According to him, the bombs that have been going off in Nigeria were the country’s portion of the rise in global terrorism.
New Reps, New Offices, New Microphones
THOSE who have canvassed part-time legislatures have a point as the long recesses, high costs of maintaining legislators and their low contributions to the society are showing.
States, Freedom Of Information Act
ARE celebrations about the passage of the Freedom of Information Act too early? They seem so. There are checkpoints along the routes to the expected explorations of the new territories the slightly lifted veil on information could provide.
