There is a shrinking feeling about it all. With each off -season election that is conducted and results announced, we feel smaller and more unfree as a polity. Our elections bring about more insecurity; unpopular electoral outcomes require goons and thugs to protect illicit incumbents. And of course a...
Democracy
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulates former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on his 67th birthday, saying he remains a National Icon of stability and democracy. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, in a congratulatory message in Abuja on Wednesday. He described...
Retired Maj.-Gen. Olu Bajowa has said that the large turnout of voters and peaceful conduct of the Ondo State governorship election indicated that democracy was gradually taking a strong footing in Nigeria. The former Quartermaster General, Nigerian Army, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- As Ondo State prepares for its off-cycle governorship election, President Bola Tinubu has called on all political stakeholders and the electorate to uphold peace and decorum and fulfil their civic responsibilities without fear before or after the elections. The president made the call in a...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – An NGO, YIAGA Africa, has urged residents of Jos North Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau to actively participate in the governance processes in their localities. The Senior Programme Officer of the organisation, Miss Antonia Onda, made the call at the launch of its...
The outgoing Deputy Governor of Edo, Mr Philip Shaibu, has said that only democrats must be allowed to flourish and function in a democratic setting. Shaibu stated this shortly after his investiture as Patron of the Association of Edo Journalists in Abuja (AEJA) on Tuesday in Abuja. He said...
The Labour Party National Chairman, Mr Julius Abure, has joined other political leaders across the world on the invitation of the United States Government to monitor the presidential election in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the stage is set for the presidential election scheduled...
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress(APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, says the party is encouraging internal democracy to reduce factionalising in its fold. Ganduje said the measure was also aimed at reducing tension in the ruling party. He said this while receiving members of the Correspondents Chapel of Kano...
President Bola Tinubu has called on African leaders to prioritise peace, unity and democracy to ensure Africa’s progress and development. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale. Tinubu made the call while speaking at a dinner organised in his...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condemned the attack on former President of the United States, Donald Trump during a political rally in Pennsylvania. It would be recalled that Trump was attacked by an assassin days before he was due to accept the formal Republican nomination....
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja- A non governmental organisation, YADEI Initiative has described the by Supreme Court Ruling on local government autonomy in Nigeria as a step towards the freedom of democracy in Nigeria. Coordinator/Research and Team Leader of the NGO, Comrade Inyanda Emmanuel, in a press release issued...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Soludo has said the Supreme Court judgment affirming constitutional rights of local governments is good for democracy. Soludo said this while addressing State House correspondents after a visit to President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. “Supreme Court is the final authority and, as a democrat, I...
A former member of House of Representatives, Chief Samuel Onuigbo, has said in spite of challenges Nigeria has turned the curve in pursuit of good governance through a democratic government. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that the country was fine-tuning its...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused Western countries of adopting “double standards” on democracy, ahead of next month’s general elections in the country. Kagame, who has been President of Rwanda since 2000, made the accusation on on Monday in response to a question about critics who accuse him...
On the June 12 Democracy Day event on The Platform, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, gave a masterful speech. It was about how democracy could have helped development in Nigeria if things had been better managed in the past decade. After 25 years of continuous...
Former president, Goodluck Jonathan has advised President Bola Tinubu, to encourage a democracy where all citizens are given free will to express themselves without friction. He made the call on Tuesday at a one-day symposium to mark the Twenty-five years of unbroken democracy in Nigeria, held at the...
U.S. President, Joe Biden is to give a keynote speech in the northern French region Normandy on Friday. The keynote speech in defence of freedom and democracy as part of a visit to France that includes D-Day commemorative events. According to the White House, Biden is planning a...
The members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday took turns to reflect on the 25 years of uninterrupted democracy in the country, with some happy at the feat, while many were not comfortable with how the nation had fared. Members highlighted both the strides made and the...
Let’s come to the issues of recruitment and selection. All over the world, leadership is what changes history. Think of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, aka, Vladimir Lenin, and come to terms with the fact that followership are just extras in a movie! Or,...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Africa needs a form of “contextual democracy” that considers the past experiences of Africans and their heritage. Obasanjo disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday, at a summit on the state of democracy in Africa. The summit was organised by the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua...