Bingham University on the outskirt of Abuja in Nigeria has set aside March 5th to 8th, 2025 for an international conference on “political instability and the crisis of development in Africa.... Read more
It is an event with all the potentials of exploding into a carnival and, in a totally unplanned manner, transform from politics into something political in the Carl Schmitt sense of the poli... Read more
The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is worried by 16 clear areas regarding the August mass protests and is putting 19 recommendations on how these worries might be best dealt w... Read more
Kenyans are disciplining democracy, protesting taxation under the Williams Ruto administration. At some point during the week, the country has been basically shut down, right up to the legis... Read more
By Saleh Bature There is currently a debate going on about the 25 long years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria. As is usual with all debates, the subject of this debate is also divided... Read more
The Centre for Democracy and Development – West Africa (CDD) is operationalizing a Concept Note for a memorial event in honour of Dr. Tajudeen Abdulraheem and Prof Abubakar Momoh. The event... Read more
With a record number of 50 countries across the world holding crucial elections in 2024 alone, it is not surprising if the world reactivate interest in this much contested concept. This is m... Read more
What exactly do scholars as a social category do to, for and/or against democracy? How do they do so in South Africa and in Europe as well as in the Americas? These are the posers the... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja The frightening powerlessness of all the centres of power in Nigeria in facing down equally frightening indicators of the catastrophic compels us to be interested in any and... Read more
With many hailing the Appeal Court as obviously more mindful of the legitimacy and survival of the system in the way they handle election petitions in Nigeria of late (with many expecting mo... Read more
