A political hardball took place at the inauguration of the 8th national Assembly on June 6, 2015. The opposition party, People Democratic Party (PDP) senators connived with few senators from the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC) to elect the senate president and deputy senate president favored by the opposition party against senators chosen by …
Category Archive: Politics
The Day after the Inauguration
After bitterly contested presidential election and the colorful and well attended inauguration ceremony of the new president on May 29, the hardest part of the whole exercise has just begun. The metal has just hit the road. Suddenly the burden of a troubled nation with great potential now lies squarely on the shoulder of our …
Analysis of 2015 Presidential Election
2015 Presidential election has come and gone. The analysis on how and why the incumbent President lost the election has been going on ever since. One of the so called analysis that caught my attention is a series of articles by a gentleman named Olaitan Ladipo. The title of his article is “How the Igbos …
INEC and Fair Election in Nigeria
I wrote this article on November 12, 2012, but the current 2015 presidential, gubernatorial, national and state legislative elections and subsequent results makes it imperative that this article be reprinted so credit should be given to whom the credit is due. It was just few years ago when mere mention of election evokes dread and …
March 2015 Presidential Election: A Political Shocker
The March 2015 presidential election in Nigeria was predictable but still hard to believe that such a fit could be pulled off in Nigeria. Nigeria does not have a history of long term incumbent party been ousted from office. However, the handwriting has been on the wall all along. It was the primary reason the …