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The ex-Governor of Ekiti state, Dr. John Oluwakayode Fayemi (58), CON, from Isan Ekiti has admitted what we knew all along, that liberal democracy is not working in this country.He has previously served as governor of Ekiti state between 2010 and 2014 and also served as Minister of Solid Minerals Development under President Muhammadu Buhari

He had previously served as governor of Ekiti state between 2010 and 2014 and also served as Minister of Solid Minerals Development under President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR from November 11, 2015 to May 30, 2018 before he resigned to contest for a second term as Governor of Ekiti state. He handed over as governor to his chosen successor, Mr. Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji(55) on October 16 last year.

Keir Starmer should heed the mistakes of previous Labour leaders, says John Bird, and turn policy promises into genuine reform

The profit prerogative, and sustained, centuries-old campaigns to elevate vested interests in our politics, has meant that democracy has never truly existed, and has never really stood a chance

What better way to mark the coronation of King Charles III than to recall the execution of one of his predecessors, Charles I, as the crowning moment of a revolution? That’s one aspect of author Jonathan Healey’s new book, The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England.

From the death of Charles I to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Jonathan Healey's history is a thrilling panorama of 17th-century England

The Cromwell Museum is staging another historical production, the Putney Debates, after previous sell-out recreations.

A museum will mark 375 years since democratic ideas were first discussed after the end of the British Civil War with a new exhibition. 

More than 170 actors, lawyers, writers and producers have signed a powerful open letter as Artists for Palestine defending her against “modern-day McCarthyism” and highlighting the attack on her legal rights.

An illustration of the 1647 Putney Debates between the New Model Army leaders and representatives of its rank and file