Nigeria at 51 – Celebrating 419 Reasons to Like Nigeria
by Kunle Durojaiye
Are we listening?
by Kunle Durojaiye
Analysis · General · Nigeria@50 · Politics
by Zainab Usman
Is Nigeria a nation?
Economy · General · Nigeria@50
I recently attended an event at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) on Change and Governance in Africa. One thing is clear: Africa is changing. The landscape of[…]
Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Making history history On June 12 2011, I wrote a piece titled Nigeria: Time to give June 12 a decent burial [1] for a number of reasons which already appear[…]
Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Yes, the hope died June the Twelfth, 1993 has for years been marked as the day that Nigeria’s hopes for democracy died or as Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa would have[…]
Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
This is cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl As we savour the returns As the election season ends in Nigeria it is important to lay out in some form a[…]
One of the many imponderables from the results of the voting held in the country throughout April, is why Nigerians returned to office a party with a great history behind it.[…]
‘All politics Is local’ – Tip O’Neill Before the presidential elections on the 16th of April, Muhammadu Buhari had said that he would not challenge the result in the courts[…]
The paralysis of analysis. This is what the recently concluded presidential election has generated for some thinkers and analysts. There is no dispute to the fact that the election[…]
Culture and Society · General · Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
The spread of the results in the recently concluded presidential elections in Nigeria are a serious talking issue, I present an analysis of the figures that make a lie of[…]