By Dr. Sani Sa’idu Baba
My dear country men and women, thanks for the deluge of messages and phone calls last week after reading my open letter to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates. We all know the outcome of the … Read the rest
Nigeria’s 18 registered political parties have been busy, in recent times, with their primaries, in line with the schedule of activities approved by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the regulatory and oversight body in charge of general elections in … Read the rest
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, a leading presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stepped down for Atiku Abubakar.
Invited to make a special announcement, he said: “I, Aminu Tambuwal, having consulted widely throughout the length and … Read the rest
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refused to announce its decision on zoning it’s party’s presidential ticket to the South because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may pick former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate.
Reliable sources within … Read the rest
The current presidential election process in Nigeria, the sixth, since the return to democratic rule in 1999, is like no other before it. It is the most contested, the most controversial, and the most demonstrative of the fault lines, and … Read the rest
Where should the next president come from? In the unwritten code that guides matters of national politics in Nigeria, the answer is obvious. A northerner will have been president for eight years by 2023 and it is naturally expected that … Read the rest
It’s election season in Nigeria. The political public relations industry is abuzz. Political hopefuls are hiring hacks to write tendentious screeds that make them feel good but that no one reads. And, of course, smears, coarse insults, illogic, and prevarications … Read the rest
By Farooq Kperogi
While the forecast for the 2023 elections is still clouded by uncertainties, a few things are coming out in bold relief. One of them is that neither the All Progressives Congress (APC) nor the Peoples Democratic Party … Read the rest
In Waziri Adio’s article, “Is Nigeria Due for Another Electoral Upset?” (THISDAY, January 16, 2022), he made a strong and neat argument on the near-impossibility of an upset in the 2023 presidential election. By upset, he meant a third force … Read the rest
NIGERIANS have ex-military heads of state Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar to thank for reviving the School of Politics popular in tertiary institutions. In the 1970s and 80s, some Nigerian universities boasted about their Schools of History, Schools of Politics, … Read the rest
