APC, PDP and the terror tag tango

It was bound to happen. What happened across the 12 states that had by-elections off-season last weekend was nothing but the usual ballot box burlesque. Nigerians have always endured it, anyway. But the long-overdue punchline in the tragic democratic joke came all the way from Ottawa in the week just Continue Reading

Rule of law and Rivers LG elections

Rule of law is the guiding principle of governance because it is the foundation of good governance. According to Mary-Imelda Nwogu, it is a liberty-centred constitutional concept which stipulates that everything must be done in accordance with the law, and encapsulates such ideals as government according to the law, equality Continue Reading

The PDP-APC criminal enterprise

ew local mainstream newspapers, most of which now print only a few copies, for his amusement. Apart from one lonely entry, Vanguard, none was reporting the big story: that Justice Phuong Ngo of the Canadaโ€™s Federal Court on Thursday declared Nigeriaโ€™s two major political parties to be โ€œterrorist organisations,โ€ having Continue Reading

The looming health crisis Nigeria must not ignore

For over two decades, Nigeriaโ€™s health sector has leaned heavily on the support of international development partners and institutions. These partners, particularly USAID, US Presidentโ€™s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and the Presidentโ€™s Malaria Initiative (PMI), among others, have played a central role in helping Nigeria respond to public Continue Reading

Japa, marriage, sex and money

Letty was a good girl who became a good wife but the seasons changed and this once-upon-a-time choir leader, like Lotโ€™s wife, looked back and right before the eyes of her Pastor and in the presence of her bewildered husband, is turning into a pillar of salt. The kind of Continue Reading