Opinion

The 2007 general election conducted by INEC under the supervision of Maurice Iwu is, perhaps, one of the most fraudulent in Nigeria's electoral history. Human Rights Watch said this about that election: ''Instead of guaranteeing citizens' basic right to vote...

Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Awo going forward) has been described as the best president Nigeria never had. This description could be true in one sense and not true in another sense. It will be true since Nigeria never had him...

I have written a few weeks back about the lamentation of the 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi II. However, the critical mass of Nigerians still seems to be going about their daily social activities as if nothing...

Saturday, 2 November 2019, I detailed out the meat of the various Police statements Nuhu Ribadu wrote concerning the whopping $15m bribery he claimed he rejected while he was Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). His...

An Oshiomhole-Obaseki tussle is one between a maker and a faker. Two days ago, exactly a year before another round of gubernatorial contest in the Heart Beat of the Nation, it's shocking the entire Edo landscape boils with political tensions...

Democracy is earning the power to govern through free, fair and credible elections. Nigeria is a democratic state, but the leadership recruitment process is largely undemocratic. Material and financial inducements determines victory, the security agencies are political, and the...

For over two years now, I have gotten used to always supporting the military veterans who usually celebrate their Remembrance Day I think some time every January or so. There is this particular lady Air force operative that coordinates one...

One of the world's premier academic and research institutions, NILDS supports the sustenance of dynamic and effective Legislature in Nigeria (at Federal, State and Local level), and the ECOWAS sub-region. The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) is...

Many Nigerians were taken aback on Tuesday, November 12 2019, when news filtered that the Hate Speech Bill, first introduced in March last year under the eighth Senate, passed the first hearing at the plenary. The Bill, entitled, “National...

The Senate, this week, achieved the seemingly difficult task of uniting Nigerians when it proposed a bill seeking the death penalty for hate speech offenders. People from all walks of life, proletariats and bourgeoisies irrespective of the political divide, joined...