By Emeka Monye NIGERIA’s DEMOCRACY is not a comedy show. Yet as we edge closer to the 2027 general elections, the conduct of many political gladiators suggests otherwise. The stage is filling up fast. As of the last count, over ten presidential aspirants have already emerged across major and fringe political parties. On paper, this […]...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu IN JANUARY 1993, Ibrahim Babangida was the military ruler of Nigeria. He was supposedly in the last year of an interminable transition at the end of which he promised to hand over power to an elected civilian administration. Moshood Abiola was actively canvassing to inherit that mantle. As Chief Justice of […]
By Paul Ejime MOST AFRICAN countries make a ritual of adding the word “Independent” or “Autonomous” to the name of their electoral commissions. In reality, their election umpires are anything but, even where the national constitution guarantees the so-called independence. The “indefinite suspension” of Madam Davidetta Browne-Lansanah, Chairpe...
