Opinion

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The illogic in Jonathan’s zero-hour appointments

the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), National Content Development and Monit

Jonathan: a man for a time like this

why God brought a humble, mild mannered man, colourless and seemingly clueless man like him to be president. There are some who even voiced it out alo

Democracy Day and the Yobe paradox

Chinyere: We now have a moral ground to raise our head and continue our interventions in support of democracy in West Africa and elsewhere. We have se

PDP’s art of (mis) managing defeat

Words from a verse in the song ‘The Boxer’ by Simon and Garfunkel in the ‘70sAhmadu Adamu Mu’azu is the boxer, and a fighter b

Patronage and political leadership

While the electorates in developed democracies allow and support their political leaders to carry on with the task of nation-building, Nigerian electo