INEC and the Lesson from VAR, By Olusegun Adeniyi

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) held a mock accreditation exercise last week in 436 polling units across the country. The purpose was to test the functionality of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) ahead of the general election that begins next week Saturday with the presidential poll. Available reports indicate that it was largely […]

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2023 Elections and the Danger of Violence, By Reuben Abati

In Africa, this year, there would be a total of more than 10 general elections in countries across the continent, particularly Sierra Leone in June, Sudan in July, Zimbabwe in July, Liberia in October,  Gabon in October, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in December but Nigeria’s general election, the seventh in the cycle since the […]

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Towards Free, Fair and Credible 2023 General Elections, By Attahiru Jega

I am greatly honoured with the invitation to deliver the Keynote address at this important gathering organized by the Abuja Central Mosque, to sensitize Nigerians on the importance of such a national issue as the 2023 General Elections, which will, In Shaa Allah (God willing), hold on February 25th and March 11, 2023. I wish to […]

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Common Errors about Nigeria (IV): Vote-buying, By Simon Kolawole

Millions of Nigerians have been going through hell in the last few weeks as a result of the change in the colours of the national currencies. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced what it called “naira redesign programme” in October 2022 and said the new N1,000, N500 and N200 notes would go into circulation […]

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A Reply to a Supreme Court of Illiterate Judicial Bandits, By Farooq A. Kperogi

When I opened my WhatsApp on Saturday, I saw a higher than usual volume of messages and forwards from friends. The first one I opened was a riotously uneducated, sidesplittingly error-ridden, indefensibly malapropistic press statement attacking me for calling out the Supreme Court’s bizarre perversion of justice in recognizing Senate President Ahmed Lawan as Yobe North’s […]

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Lawan and Supreme Court of Shameless Judicial Bandits, By Farooq A. Kperogi

I was awoken on this side of the world by news of the reversal by the Nigerian Supreme Court of Senate President Ahmed Lawan’s primary election loss. I was already mentally prepared for it after the same Supreme Court affirmed Godswill Akpabio’s fraudulent primary win a few days ago. It’s a well-planned judicial choreography. The […]

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Buhari Burning Nigeria Because He Wants to Catch a BAT, By Farooq A. Kperogi

It was the exceptionally witty and satirical Senator Shehu Sani who first pointed out that the recoloring of the naira and the deathly, crippling scarcity that has come in its wake only a few days to the general election are akin to burning the entire forest while hunting down a rat. Many people missed the […]

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Have Nigerians learnt anything from the Buhari years?, By Niran Adedokun

“I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics. – Barack Obama Have Nigerians learned anything from their experience over the past eight years? This […]

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Toyin Falola: A tribute to my younger brother, By Matthew Hassan Kukah

Apart from basking in the euphoria of Arsenal’s current form, few other things gave me momentary excitement in the last one month like knowing that the great Toyin Falola is after all, only my younger brother. I am not big on birthdays and almost every year, I have to beg for forgiveness from aggrieved friends […]

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To vote APC in 2023, you must first hate yourself (II), By Sonala Olumhense

Last week, I opened my case for Nigerians not to vote for the All Progressives Congress this year. I refer to Nigerians who are led by reason, not sentiment; by the facts, not conjecture; by logic, not hot air; by self-respect, not idol worship. Such a Nigerian, wherever he may be, is a witness to the perfidy […]

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Interim Government: A Call for Anarchy, By Reuben Abati

Yesterday morning, while on the flagship show of Arise News – The Morning Show- I took special notice during the newspaper review with Emmanuel Efeni and the segment titled “What’s Trending” with Ojy Okpe, of the editorial by the ThisDay newspaper of the day titled: “Interim Government: Perish The Thought”. I pointed out that having […]

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Giving your spouse some space can strengthen your marriage, By Elizabeth Badejo

While some marriages are consummated out of true love and emotional connection, others are established as marriages based on convenience, setting different factors behind their intentions. However, the reality of both marital interpretations even when their objectives are different is the responsibility placed on couples to ensure they protect their health and wellbeing as couples […]

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2023 Election: Prophets, Pollsters and Endorsers, By John Ayoade

The year 2023 will be an interesting year of hopes, hopes raised, and hopes dashed. It will also feature punters, guessers, guesstimators, prophets, pundits, pollsters and endorsers. It is a good game to predict the result of an election before the votes are cast. Diverse procedures and methods with varying accuracy can be used to […]

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Common Errors about Nigeria (III), By Simon Kolawole

As a student of development, I have patiently studied the trajectories of several nations — Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, the US, the UK, Norway and some developing countries — and I have a confession to make this morning: it is only in Nigeria that people blame their underdevelopment on the constitution. I admit that we are […]

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