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By nseobong okon-ekong Chuks Okocha considers the prospect for a mega political party that can upstage the popularity of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party The notion of a mega political party has gained momentum since the former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha called on a certain governor in the South-south to join him to form a new political party. The erstwhile governor has fallen§ out of favour with his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and since then, he has not failed to call for a third alternative that would become the next ruling p...

DIALOGUE WITH NIGERIA BY AKIN OSUNTOKUN Critics of the 1999 transition to civil democratic rule programme make the pertinent point that it amounted to walking blindfolded into the fourth republic because the rules of engagement (constitution) were not made manifest prior to the swearing in of elected officers. This non sequitur, putting the cart before the horse, stemmed from the choice and strategy of the supervisory military dictatorship of General Abdulsalami Abubakar to prioritise the rapid withdrawal of the military from governance. The hasty departure was necessitated by the total deleg...

“Boko Haram kill villagers in Christmas Eve attack,” the BBC reported on Dec. 25: at least 11 Christians were murdered in the village of Pemi, in northeastern Nigeria. As villagers fled into the bush, jihadists looted their homes and burned the local church and clinic. The site of the attack was only about 12 miles from the town of Chibok, where 276 mostly Christian schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. Many of them were subsequently raped, and more than a hundred are still missing. Christmas Eve also saw five Christians abducted from the village of Garkida, also in northe...

In contrast to the limited focus of restructuring, systemic reform proceeds from the underlying assumption that a system is never

Buhari’s Government Disregarded Sultan, National Assembly, Northern Elders’ Views On Insecurity – Falana, Utomi, Others They lamented that Nigeria’s democracy was in deep crisis and the social contract between the people and those in government was shaky. by SaharaReporters, New York Dec 31, 2020 A group of prominent Nigerians on Wednesday in Lagos said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government dismissed and disregarded the views of the National Assembly, Northern Elders Forum, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, and many other eminent persons on what to do about the serv...