The much anticipated launch of one of the first in the series of publications on the 2015 general elections titled, “Against the Run of Play: How an incumbent president was defeated in Nigeria”, has come and gone. As part of the build up to...
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs is pushing for Diaspora voting in the coming general elections in 2019, Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sen. Monsurat Sunmonu has said.
Sunmonu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York that giving franchise to Nigerians...
It is no more news that national security and security threats have been cited to justify postponements of elections under former President Goodluck Jonathan and the current President Muhammadu Buhari. However, the postponement of the last governorship election in Edo State have been labelled...
The Supreme Court will on December 9, 2016 deliver judgment in a legal action challenging the propriety of nomination of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal by the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the 2015 gubernatorial election in the state.
The apex court will among others, determine...
Leadership Selection in Contemporary Nigerian Politics
By Abdullahi Usman
"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple." - Dr. Seuss
Discussing the myriad issues around poor leadership selection in Nigeria’s contemporary politics has become something akin to the proverbial broken record - or, perhaps scratched...
