The maxim that describes youths as “the real wealth of any nation” remains highly relevant, even as the processes, challenges, and complexities of nation-building evolve. This sentiment is rooted in the fact that young people possess energy, creativity, and an unbridled passion for change, as they are the ones who will mostly deal with the […]
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Since 1960, October 1 has marked the celebration of Nigeria’s independence from Great Britain. Despite the country’s ongoing struggles and growing challenges, the significance of the day has never been lost on Nigerians, whose forebears endured a century of exhausting and oppressive colonisation process. This oppressive era began with the annexation of Lagos in 1861 […]
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From a very young age, boys are powerfully inducted into misogyny. They recognise that they are considered the superior gender. They understand that they exist in a large social community with an unshakable misogynistic foundation. They quickly learn that the world is structured to favour them, that power and privilege are theirs to wield. They […]
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Nigeria has held seven general elections since the beginning of its fourth republic, which is the country’s longest period of democratic rule. These elections were held in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023. The elections were for the offices of president, governors, members of the national assembly (Senate and House of Representatives), and […]
Across Africa, there are different civil war hotspots – from Libya, to the Central African Republic, to Northern Mozambique, the recently settled Ethiopia-Tigray war, and the Cameroon’s north-west and south-west regions (among others, including the recent war that broke out in Sudan). These civil wars are often the result of deep-seated social, political, and economic […]
As I write this piece, I ask myself if the drama that played out in the just concluded gubernatorial elections in Adamawa state has truly ended. The electoral shenanigans in that state started in March when it was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). A supplementary election was subsequently organized on the […]
The 2023 general elections in Nigeria has come and gone. In one of many areas, it has left a lot of people disappointed, and that is voter apathy. In terms of voter turnout, the 2023 general elections witnessed the lowest turnout of voters since the return to democracy in 1999. In 2019, 29 million of […]
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Nigeria’s electioneering, particularly, the management of elections, which lies squarely on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has come a long way from 1999 when voter registration was done manually, with the details of registrants written manually with a pen on a form provided by INEC officials. There was no database of registrants, thus cases […]
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The 2023 general elections have come and gone, but the dust it generated is yet to settle. Across the country, contestants have won and lost; some who lost have found it a bitter pill to swallow and have resorted to various means to seek redress. Most have proceeded to the various Election Tribunals to seek […]
The tension across the country days before the governorship and House of Assembly (HoA) elections was palpable. The 2023 general elections came to a crunch because local issues were now used to decide who superintends over the affairs of the states. It is no secret that in Nigeria, state governors wield a lot of powers, […]
The social media has become a phenomenon in Nigeria. Traditional media used to be the rallying point for people who have opinions they wanted others to hear. However, traditional media is not very fluid. It does not transmit information in an instance. It was the domain largely of people who spend years training in the […]
Just before the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja in May 2022, the former governor of Anambra state, Mr. Peter Obi, left the party to join the Labour Party (LP), and eventually emerged its presidential candidate. Before Mr. Obi left, a section of the Nigerian population who had come to identify themselves […]
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