RECENTLY Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state decried the sudden non-appearance of the names of over one million voters in Lagos State from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s voters register. But responding to the discrepancy noticeable in the new voters register vis-a-vis that of 2011, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for Lagos State ascribed it to changes between the 2011 Post-AFIS voter register and the extant voters register after the Post-Business rule voter register criterion is applied.

ON November 12, 2008, Adams Eric Aliyu Oshiomhole, was sworn in as Governor of Edo State. It was a special moment for the state and its people for several reasons. Remarkably, it was the culmination of the resilience of the people, who voted and stood by him when anti-democratic forces tried to rob him of the mandate they gave willingly to him, and the judiciary that resisted machinations of the powers-that-be to give a verdict in favour of a popular choice.

WITH the primaries of the major political parties around the corner, there continues to be serious trading and speculations about who will get automatic tickets and who may not.

BY JUDE IDUGBOE I spent some time following the recent debate in the House of Representatives on the bill to halt what is viewed as a stranglehold on the pay-TV sector of the broadcast industry. The bill, which passed second reading at the House two weeks ago, was sponsored by  Mrs. Aisha Dahiru-Modibbo. It seeks an […]

The notion that the average politician must be dyed in the hue of opposition and be constantly set in a combative mode against the government at the center as a means of demonstrating one’s love for his kith and kin, especially in the way it is promoted in the South west, is an idea that is repugnant to Hon. Adedayo Adeyeye, the Minister of State for Works.