Friday Column

Friday Column

Elections with guns: Reversing judiciary-induced democratic regression

My big story this week is that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reversed itself, saying that there is no winner in the Februar

Watching the 2023 Elections

Tomorrow is the big day for the seventh election since the return to democracy.  More than 93 million Nigerians are registered to vote. It is likely t

Social Media and the 2023 election campaigns

The Centre for Democracy and Development has just published a major study on social media and the 2023 election campaigns which I summarise here. <

Questions posed when government invents crisis

The National Council of State is meeting today to address a series of crises affecting the country. Commerce is dying and the economy is likely to go

2023 Campaign: It’s still a four horse race

As the general election campaigns intensify, the first problem today is how the elections will hold without money both in politicians’ pockets as well