Ita-Giwa Advocates Parity In Political Positions
On the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child, a coalition of women groups has come up to demand gender parity in elective...
Ooni, Alaafin, Others Demand New Generation Of Politicians
Yoruba leaders led by Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, yesterday met at the country home...
Primaries blues!
With INEC’s definitive stance over APC crisis-ridden Zamfara State, the curtain is drawn on the first phase of the political contestation which promises to...
2019 Elections: What Nigerians Must Do
Nigerians must know that 2019 is the pass into whatever kind of future they desire for their country. Let no one be deceived, countries,...
Why Women Are Lagging In Nigerian Politics
The belief that Nigerian politics was not only meant for the menfolk spurred Professor Remi Sonaiya to join the presidential race in 2015 under the...
Nigeria And The Politics Of Anti-Intellectualism
Globally, the political system is mostly driven by a desire to be elected and re-elected. And as political floods of greed, hate, class warfare,...
Political Parties Unfair To Women — NCWS
The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has accused major political parties in the country of being unfair to womenfolk in the just concluded...
How Not To Conduct Party Primaries!
In the last two weeks or so, the nation’s major political parties have embarked on what ordinarily should pass for routine activity – the...
Conversation With A Nigerian Vote Seller
During the timeline allocated for Nigerians to get PVCs, venues for the exercises were usually packed out. About 90% of these prospective voters were...
2019 And Promises Of Unprecedented Presidential Challenge
With the emergence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State last Sunday of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party...