ECOWAS: That this January will not see the end of the West Africa dream
Some of us who are die-hard “true believers” in the dream of a united, integrated, prosperous and democratic West Africa of the people met in Dakar, S
Deepening Democracy
Deepening Democracy
Ghana wins and the star is Mahama
The star is not John Dramani Mahama, who has just been sworn in as the President of Ghana even if he too is a winner. The star is Ibrahim Mahama, no r
Padding as parliamentary criminality 101
This week, I’m recycling a title I first used in this column in 2016 following Abdulmumin Jibrin’s revelations about padding in the National Assembly.
Foreign military bases in Nigeria: The dynamics of the geo-politics
Last week, some of us wrote an open letter to the President and the leadership of the National Assembly drawing their attention to information we have
Are people losing hope in democracy?
Premium Times carried a report yesterday posing the question of whether people are losing hope in democracy. It outlines findings of an International