Development Matrix
All eyes are on the Northern elite again. Provoked this time by the generalized insecurity that has seized the country, the representational turbulence has seen pundits, critics and sundry a... Read more
By Ibrahim Lawal Ahmed* It is understandable that there are calls for reforming the electoral system in Nigeria. The mood of the nation in the aftermath of the recent General Election makes... Read more
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is obviously on an assignment: to test the political waters by beating the drums of a Government of National Unity, (GNU), at this point in time. He was quite fo... Read more
It is now two full weeks since Prof Attahiru Jega, the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) threw the bombshell that academics involved in the con... Read more
Six Local Government Chairmen who have been on suspension for alleged financial improprieties have got another three more months to be away from office in Benue State. The State House of Ass... Read more
Already published elsewhere under the title “Political Analysis: 2019 Elections And The Remaking Of The Nigerian Project”, this piece is republished here on its reception @ Intervention for... Read more
The PDP gubernatorial candidate for Kano State, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf is threatening that declaring Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the winner of yesterday’s rerun will plunge Kano in... Read more
Contrary to the earlier information about Hon. Emmanuel Jime, the APC challenger in the governorship contest in Benue State congratulating the incumbent, there has been no such gesture. Inst... Read more
The results will not be official before 10 am Sunday, March 24th, 2019 but incumbent governor, Samuel Ortom of Benue State has won in the re-run and, by implication, the overall election in... Read more
A diffuse set of actions, overt and covert, are taking place across states where inconclusive elections are scheduled to be concluded tomorrow. All the states happen to be in the Northern pa... Read more
