Party primaries and the end of democratic politics
The lessons from the party primaries season are that democracy and ethical political behaviour have been deleted from the Nigerian political system. I
Deepening Democracy
Deepening Democracy
Rebuilding our university system
Last Friday, I gave the Convocation Lecture at Modibbo Adama University in Yola. The theme was the Nigerian University System and the Public Good: Pat
What the National Party of Nigeria taught President Tinubu
Nigeria politics is about the acquisition of political power not to serve the people but for self-service, for the primitive accumulation of capital.
Celebrating a mentor, Comrade Segun Osoba
Yesterday, we lost a comrade, mentor, friend and teacher, Dr Sẹgun Ọsọbá. He was a patriot and socialist who was deeply committed to Nigeria. He was 9
Nigerian electoral politics: A view from mars
Sadly, for me, my 50 years of the study of political science has not helped me much in understanding Nigerian electoral politics. After 27 years of el