Nigeria, May 15 -- The next British general election is in 2029, but you could already feel the tremor from the council election of 7 May. The surge of Nigel Farage's Reform UK Party is the clearest ... Read More
Nigeria, May 7 -- The former Labour Party presidential flag-bearer, Peter Obi, thinks he is Nigeria's most misunderstood politician. Why is it hard for us to see that his serial party flipping is not ... Read More
Nigeria, April 30 -- Listening to Kenyan President William Ruto diss Nigerians with a smile from faraway Italy, one would think he had taken a page from Amos Tutuola's The Palm-Wine Drinkard. It was o... Read More
Nigeria, April 24 -- The short answer is yes - but there's a long answer. There is, in fact, more than one inside story about why President Bola Ahmed Tinubu removed the Minister of Finance and Coordi... Read More
Nigeria, April 17 -- Six months after his appointment as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan appears determined to beat the record of Profess... Read More
Nigeria, April 16 -- Iwu, a professor of Pharmacognosy (the study of medicinal plants), also had the distinction of managing Nigeria's worst elections in 2007. On top of that, he gave science a bad na... Read More
Nigeria, April 10 -- There are a few countries where lawyers and courts are as gifted in twisting judicial pronouncements as those in Nigeria. It is not merely the wigs and gowns, relics of a colonial... Read More
Nigeria, April 3 -- In many parts of the country, the rains poured down earlier in the week, bringing much physical and psychological relief from the searing heat. The absence of electricity from pub... Read More
Nigeria, March 26 -- Friends, admirers, and the "Obidient" fanbase of the former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi, love to call him by the sobriquet "Okwute," which in Igbo,... Read More
Nigeria, March 19 -- This is the last thing the African Democratic Congress (ADC) wants to hear, but it has to be said, even if the party digs its thumbs in its ear. It began with the party's delayed ... Read More