Nigeria’s Middle Class in the Political Process
I have been thinking a lot about the Nigerian middle class recently. Two weeks ago, I wrote about…
2019 Elections: The Role of the Middle Class
We are now less than a year to the next general elections and very soon, the political parties…
Gubernatorial Elections: More Important than Presidential. Part 1
We have come to another election season and the momentum is building up as we prepare to go…
2019 Election: Doing Things Differently
As we enter an election campaigning year, it is critical that we do things differently this political season…
Technocrats: Becoming leading actors in our Politics?
For some time now, I have been pondering a lot about the treatment of Technocrats by Federal and…
Political Education: Essential for our Democratic Growth
Despite over 18 years of uninterrupted democratic dispensation (the longest in our history), we seem to operate a…
Credible Elections or Credible Candidates?
Come February 2019, Nigerians will be offered yet another opportunity to exercise their civil rights – to…
The National Assembly: Our Democratic Tool
Love or hate the National Assembly, they are the only body permitted by the constitution to deliberate on…
A Reform-based National Political Party: Our Biggest Task for Nation-building
With the current crisis facing the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and even the party at the centre, All…
2017: The Year of Opportunities for Real Change
As it happened in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s when oil prices crashed, our country Nigeria is again…