“It’s The Economy Stupid”
Over the last couple of weeks, a succession (profusion?) of, dare I say, “important” events in this country lead to only one conclusion: that everything (at least until 2015) has[…]
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Analysis · Culture and Society · Essays · General
Boko Haram: Of the Sensible and the Insensible
by Mao Kaci
On Obasanjo’s visit to the family of the murdered Boko Haram leader, and Soyinka’s comments on the visit.
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Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Nigeria: Definitely time to give June 12 a decent burial
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
Nigeria: Time to give June 12 a decent burial
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[…]
Culture and Society · Politics · Review
Nigeria: Testing the FOI Act 2011 on Legislator Salaries
This blog is cross-posted originally from http://www.akinblog.nl/ We have a Freedom of Information Act With the signing of the Freedom of Information Act 2011 just as the end of the[…]
Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review XIII – Ideas for Electoral Reform
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[…]
Culture and Society · General · Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review IX – Analysing the Presidential Results
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[…]
Culture and Society · General · Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review VIII – A President-Elect
This was cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl Done and dusted A new Nigeria just hatched out of its egg in the last 48 hours wherein the presidential elections took[…]
Culture and Society · General · Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review VI – Report to Prevent Rigging
This was cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl Being aware of rigging opportunities Giving some flesh to a tweet – @boosoolalab The problems could be efficiency, intimidation, access, bias and[…]
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Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review V – Concerns after the elections
This is cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl INEC failing itself Now over 72 hours since the National Assembly elections were concluded in Nigeria, we find ourselves at crossroads of[…]