SINCE February 16, 2019, Nigerians, almost on a weekly basis, have been saddled with one election or the other across the country with the attendant socio-economic costs.

The idea of a two-party system had for long remained an issue for Nigeria since the advent of independence in 1960. Where it was not immediately realized, political parties sought to find alliances in the second elections after the inauguration of the first two republics, to wit, the 1964 and 1983.

Respected historian, writer  and academic, Prof. Banji Akintoye, was one of the close allies of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. He was a facilitator in the production of the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria’s UPN’s manifesto that focused on free education, integrated rural development among others.

Democracy as a system of government thrives on plurality of opinions. As a government of the people and by the people,  freedom of expression and liberty of association is one of the striking features that differentiate democracy from other governance systems.

Emmanuel Macron who was elected president of France in mid-2017 is the fourth product of France’s elite Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) among the eight to hold the highest public office in the country’s Fifth Republic (from 1958 to date). (His predecessors are Giscard d’Estaing, Jacques Chirac and Francois Hollande). Georges Pompidou, one of the remaining four, also attended another elite institution, the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS). 

Futurism was just emerging as a special branch of study when I started compiling the VBQ in the USA in the 1960s mostly for my own benefit – until the hobby became and obsession which led to the publication of the book in 2008. Forty three years from start to finish of one book must be close to an African or global record.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cautionioned riggers allegedly working with the All Progressives Congress, APC, perish the thought of manipulating the Adamawa supplementary elections on Saturday as doing so will be at their own peril.

Sen. Suleiman Hunkuyi (PDP-Kaduna), has condemned use of thugs by politicians to disrupt elections in the country.
Hunkuyi, who made this known in an interview in Abuja on Thursday, said the trend is worrisome and a dent on the country’s democracy.

It is more trouble for President Muhammadu Buhari, as three more presidential candidates have separately approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, asking it to void the outcome of the February 23 presidential election.

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has adjourned till 1st of April to hear the Interlocutory Injunction seeking the cancellation of the enter process of the governorship and state assembly elections conducted in the state.