Are people losing hope in democracy?
Premium Times carried a report yesterday posing the question whether people are losing hope in democracy. It outlines findings of an International IDE
Deepening Democracy
Deepening Democracy
Electricity tariff increment and the big lie
Without warning, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) raised the electricity tariff for most urban households by 300 per cent on the
Political tsunami in Senegal
I have been in Senegal as part of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission led by Professor Ibrahim Gambari, and the story of the 2024 polls here is a
Post-election agenda: Building social cohesion in Nigeria
The cost of the 2023 general elections on Nigeria’s social fabric has been very high. Many Nigerians felt threatened by strong ethnic mobilisation aim
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.