Justice Edward Asante, the President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, said that in spite of the region’s current challenges, democracy remains the best form of government. Asante made this known during his speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th Legislature of the 2nd Ordinary Session of...
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday in Abeokuta said democracy has not been working as a system of government in Africa because it was “forced” on the continent. Obasanjo stated this in his address at a high-level consultation on “Rethinking Western Liberal Democracy for Africa”. The former president...
A Lagos State Chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Mr Adekunle Aderibigbe, says the Appeal Court verdict sacking Gov. Abba Yusuf of NNPP, an attempt to rob Kano majority of their mandates. Aderibigbe, also a Lagos State House of Assembly NNPP Candidate in 2023 general elections...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has rolled out four enabling actions elected leaders across Africa must take to save African democracy from ongoing regression and disruption. The Governor represented by the Commissioner for Federal Affairs, Mrs Adenike Adeleke spoke today in Abuja at...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has said that the survival of democracy in the country is hinged on the very vital role played by the judiciary. Barrister Wike made the assertion when a delegation of Federal High...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says he “is not going away’’, but will continue to work to deepen democracy and rule of law. Abubakar, the former Vice President, said this on Monday in Abuja at a world...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd) has commended the online media, especially the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), which he described is the fulcrum of good governance. Buratai, who is also Nigeria’s former Ambassador to the Republic of...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the current spate where civil governments are being overthrown across the African continent shows that democracy needs to be ”rejigged” and put in a proper direction. Jonathan made this known during a Democracy Dialogue 2023 organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s legal team has been putting up a valiant fight to keep him from disclosing his true status and identity at Chicago State University (CSU). People are typically proud to show off their diplomas and degrees as evidence of their academic accomplishments. However, in this...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday charged leaders at all levels to embrace democracy that promoted prosperity, poverty eradication, employment and adequate security for the betterment of Nigeria. Obasanjo gave the charge in Oyo Town during the inauguration of the rehabilitated 34.8 kilometers Oyo-Iseyin Road project. According...
The never-ending manner with which public office holders appoint assistants to handle information/media responsibilities have become canonical proof that proper information management is the life wire of every business. Recently, as soon as the President and governors across the country are inaugurated, journalists are always among the first set...
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has assured that dividends of democracy will be delivered to Nigerians as promised during electioneering. Hamzat gave the assurance at a special Thanksgiving Service for President Bola Tinubu, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all elected APC candidates in the 2023 general...
President Bola Tinubu has tasked the U.S. to collaborate with African countries in defending its democracies against anti-democratic forces within and outside the continent in order to improve on its peoples living standard. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement,...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the call for the military to interfere in the nation’s democracy is highly unpatriotic and wicked. Oh A statement by the Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau on Friday in Abuja, said it was an attempt by unpatriotic elements to distract the military...
Recent events in the affairs of our nation, most especially the risk of destabilising the entire West African region by the ECOWAS leaders necessitates the need to once again speak out and to call on all Nigerians to stand united in calling the ECOWAS leaders to order...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Nigerian Army (NA) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, says ‘the only thing better than democracy for Nigeria in this modern era, is more democracy’.c The Army Chief stated this on Saturday, while addressing Officer Cadets at...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres have backed Nigeria’s efforts toward the restoration of constitutional order in Niger Republic. This is contained in a statement by Dele Alake, presidential spokesman. The presidency said that the support was made in separate telephone...
Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum took to social media on Thursday with a defiant vow to protect “hard-won” democratic gains a day after he was toppled in a military coup. The country’s foreign minister Hassoumi Massoudou also issued a rallying cry on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, called on African leaders to respect democracy, rule of law, and ensure political stability. In his statement at a high-level event organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the margins of Fifth Mid-Year...
The politics of democratic transition is hardly ever a beauty pageant. Oftentimes, the dazzling brilliance of campaign media displays conceal an underlying ugliness in the substance of what is on offer. It is all an ancient marketing gimmick in which the public is sold the new messiah as the...