Explainer: What if BVAS fails in 2027 election?
Under the Electoral Act, if a malfunctioning BVAS cannot be repaired or replaced, voting in that specific unit is postponed to the next day.
When Ondo stood still for the Lisa, Chief Akinnola
IT was a triple celebration for the second in command to the paramount traditional ruler of Ondo Town, the Osemawe, the Lisa of Ondo town, High Chief Ilemobayo Akinnola, popularly called ‘Ojo gbogbo bi Odun’ which literarily means no dull moment.
Pursuit of Transformation: President Jonathan’s burden
Whereas it may not be particularly fair to say the last 50 years of Nigeria’s independence represent a total failure, by the same token, it may also verge on foolhardiness not to admit that dreams have turned into nightmares, ambitions have been crushed, hopes dashed and potentials wasted.
In The Shadow of Ineptitude: Challenges on the path to transformation
In “The Selected Letters of THEODORE ROOSEVELT”, edited by H. W. Brands, Roosevelt had written on June 16, 1902, from Washington, to Senator George F. Hoar, that “I am striving my best, doubtless with many shortcomings, but, as I am sure you believe, with sincerity and earnestness, to hasten the day when we shall need no more force in the Philippines than is needed in New York.
Factors that disunite, rather than bind us, by Fafowora
Nigeria is a state of wide cultural diversity consisting of several distinct ethnic groups. What role do these ethnic groups play in Nigerian politics and what impact do they have on political developments in Nigeria?
Jonathan’s Agenda For Transformation : A Proposition Long Overdue
In Tony Blair’s “A JOURNEY”, the former British Prime Minister talks in Chapter II, The Apprentice Leadership, about fear and courage as he did in many chapters of the book. For instance, he remembers that “The journey from Opposition (read obscurity in Jonathan’s case) to government had taken three years.
