Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Attahiru Jega has called on the government to do everything possible to eradicate poverty and other social problems bedeviling the country before the 2015 general election Speaking at the opening ceremony of a national conference on ‘Perspective on Elections and the Challenges for Democracy in Nigeria’, Continue Reading...
Nigeria: How Party Mergers Will Shape 2015 Elections
The merger talks among key opposition political parties in Nigeria seem to have reached an advanced stage, going by the recent comments emanating from concerned stakeholders involved in the plan to oust the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015. Parties that have shown commitment to the merger include the Action Congress of Nigeria of Continue Reading...
Nigeria and the World – Romney, Buhari and Tinubu – Courting Defeat By the Politics of Exclusion
opinion FOR over eight years, Mitt Romney fought assiduously to be President of white Americans. He put up a considerable amount of his personal resources into this ambition. He also spent over one billion dollars of other peoples’ money; far more than the annual budget of most Nigerian states. When the election results were finally Continue Reading...