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TASK BEFORE A JONATHAN PRESIDENCY

 As Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is inaugurated on the 29th of May 2011, for a fresh tenure of office, it may not be presumptuous to declare that the task ahead of him is an onerous one. Starting with the pre-election politics and even the elections that brought him in as President, the cumulative events that… Continue reading TASK BEFORE A JONATHAN PRESIDENCY

The Nigerian Electoral System: The Need for an Overhaul

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

Election Tension in Nigeria

ELECTIONS are periodic democratic exercises that lead to the change of government in a robust competitive and transparent manner. But elections in Nigeria since in the 1960s, have been reduced to violent clashes either between or among political opponents, rival political groups and some times between communities. Many lives have been lost without justice done… Continue reading Election Tension in Nigeria