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Associate Professor and former Head of Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Adetunji Ogunyemi, speaks to DARE ADEKANMBI on the inherent weaknesses of the presidential system of government in Nigeria and the debilities which have made President Muhammadu Buhari a nepotistic leader, among other issues.
Democracy came under a severe test early in the month in the United States last month when a riotous mob loyal to the then outgoing now [former] President Donald Trump. What lessons do you think the political class in Nigeria should draw from the US incident?
There are three main lessons for the political class in Nigeria to draw from the event that happened on January 6 in the United States. The first is that acceptance of defeat or if you like, accepting the verdict at polls is part of democratic norms. It is not a sign of weakness. But accepting the decision of the electorate at the polls is a fundamental democratic norm. It may not be w
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Secretary General of the Yoruba Council of Elders and convener of the Yoruba Summit, Dr. Kunle Olajide, speaks with Abiodun Awolaja on the latest resolve of the Northern Elders Forum on herdsmen activities in the South-West and sundry issues.
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked Fulani-herders residing in the South-West and their families to return to the North, ostensibly because the South no longer wants them. How do you react to this?
When I read the statement by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), I didn’t believe it. This is because Fulanis have been living with us here in the South-West for well over a hundred years. It is the criminal herdsmen who have become very brazen in the last six years since President Muhammadu Buhari took over government that were asked to leave. They have been so brazen to the extent that they carry arms (AK-47 guns) all over the town without being challenged by the authorities. They have kidnapped for ransom and abducted people; yet
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In this interview with IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI, a Professor of Comparative Politics, Development Administration and Governance, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), ’Lanre Olu-Adeyemi speaks on issues bedeviling Nigeria’s political structure and factors impeding the country’s development among others.
FOR several years, Nigeria has practised a presidential system of government patterned after the United States. Can you explain the flaws in Nigeria’s presidential system of government?
As the consequence of being a former British colony, Nigeria started out with a parliamentary system of government at independence in 1960, but it switched to a presidential system modelled after that of the United States in 1979. A presidential system is a form of government in which a head of government (president) leads an executive branch that is separat
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RESIDENTS of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are living in palpable fear as kidnappers now operate freely without hindrance from security operatives.
Around midnight on Thursday, four gunmen scaled the fence to the house of a journalist with Punch Newspapers, Mr Okechukwu Nnodim, in Abuja, shooting sporadically into the air.
After Nnodim told them that he had no money at home, they led him away along with two young children of his widow-neighbour, a teenager and another in his early 20s.
Nnodim and his neighbours live along Arab Road in Kubwa.
Twenty-four hours later, the kidnappers contacted the sister of the journalist who lives in Lagos and asked for a ransom of N10 million. They gave 1.00 p.m. on Friday as deadline for the payment.