Is Nigeria’s Democracy Being Choked by Institutions Meant to Protect It?

Nigeria’s democratic system is facing a subtle but dangerous test. Recent controversies surrounding party registration, judicial intervention in electoral outcomes, and the steady weakening of opposition parties raise fundamental questions about political competition and institutional neutrality. While elections continue to be held, their meaning is increasingly contested. When courts overturn electoral outcomes and electoral bodies…

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ASUU Strike: black rose for Valentine’s Day

That Nigeria’s public universities’ lecturers decided to start yet another strike action today may not be entirely fortuitous. The signs have been there all along. Except that that the government deliberately refused to listen to them. And the fact that it falls on the day the world, especially the youth, is celebrating Valentine’s Day, a…

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2023: APC youths protest alleged plans to impose ex-President Jonathan as Presidential candidate

Hundreds of members of the Youth Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of “APC North-South Patriotic Coalition”, on Thursday stormed the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja to protest against alleged plans by the party to impose for President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate. The protesters carried banners and…

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ASUU donates relief materials to IDPs in Katsina, urges FG to return displaced persons to ancestral homes

The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has called on the federal government to ensure the return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes. Osodeke made the appeal while donating relief materials to 320 IDPs in Katsina, the Katsina State capital on Sunday. Represented by the ASUU…

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