In Nigeria, most leaders often present themselves as the Greek philosopher kings of ancient times. They brandish themselves as all-knowing, and untouchables. They are people who cannot be counseled, and most times elevate themselves in magisterial eminence, cast in the shades of the likes of King Pharaoh. Outside their personal interest, nothing else obsesses the […]

GEORGE Jackson was in 1960, an 18-year-old American youth accused of robbing a gas station in Los Angeles and stealing $70. A wrong legal advice saw him pleading guilty ostensibly for a light sentence. But he was given a one year to life sentence. Which meant he would be eligible for parole in one year? 

The second reason that INEC cannot do anything to reject the under-aged is the fact that technology has not advanced to the level where a machine has been manufactured to identify the age of a voter

MY first ever encounter with the then Rural Electrification Board, REB, was during its dying days at Orerokpe almost 30 years ago. That chapter of life has since been buried in that community and most other communities that used it. It was an era that large electricity generating plants were installed and used to supply electricity to large semi-rural communities, especially local government headquarters that were not connected to the national grid.

Although Buhari is the number one citizen of Nigeria, he can’t force himself on the citizens by rigging the election.  Our   electoral body should be independent while conducting the elections. President Buhari should not interfere with the exercise.