POLITICS
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2015: Ndigbo Not for Second Fiddle
In the midst of all the altercation and even violence preceding the February 2015 general elections, it is reassuring that there are...
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1.0KBuhari Is APC flag-bearer with 3, 430 Votes
Nigeria’s presidential election already slated for February 14, 2015, will be a straight fight between Muhammadu Buhari of the APC and Goodluck...
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955Jonathan Defeats Jonathan at PDP Presidential Primary
Nigeria’s ruling party, PDP, has been entertaining TV viewers with its mock convention in Abuja meant to “choose” its presidential candidate in...
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1.4KAPC Flag-bearer: Govs Stop Atiku, Go for Buhari
By Thursday morning the delegates’ convention of Nigeria’s APC will be over. Who will fly the party’s flag in the Feb. 14,...
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884PDP: Exclusive Club or Political Party?
Barring any x-factor – and there is always an x-factor in Nigerian politics – the journey to the 2015 elections has started...
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Religious Politics: Fani-Kayode and the Looming Anarchy
By C. Don Adinuba — Nigeria is a perfect example of what Samuel Huntington, the late preeminent Harvard professor of political...
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822The Tambuwal Tragedy
Rewind to 2011.The Nigerian opposition parties had managed to make public discontent count in their favour and had closed in significantly on...
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1.2KSurprise Soon for ‘Automatic’ Senators
About 40 Nigerian senators were already celebrating their “re-election” in 2015 because President Goodluck Jonathan had promised them so. The greatest beneficiary...
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1.1KGEJ 2015: Nigerian Politricks 101
In 2011, the rumour mill was agog with stories of President Jonathan agreeing with members of his party to rule for one...
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1.1KPresidency: Will the Ijaw Ever Support Ndigbo?
In a famous article deservedly syndicated in the Nigerian newspapers as well as social media entitled “Ndigbo and support for Jonathan”, C....