The much-anticipated 2011 general election in Nigeria has eventually kicked off with the predictable hiccups and also embarrassing logistics problems. It may be recalled that the Nigerian elections was billed to start on the 2nd of April 2011 but was eventually cancelled shortly after it commenced due to what Nigerian electoral officials attributed to as… Continue reading The Nigerian Electoral System: The Need for an Overhaul
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2011 National Assembly Election Success in Nigeria: A Glimpse of Hope at Last?
Nigeria, touted as the world’s most populous black nation, for a long time, has been at the precipice of collapse economically and politically because of bad leadership. Right from the locust years of the military, the country had been plunged into the abyss of retrogression. This continued even with the advent of democracy in the… Continue reading 2011 National Assembly Election Success in Nigeria: A Glimpse of Hope at Last?