Bayero University, Kano political economist and the last but one National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega is putting on the table a 6 ye... Read more
By Attahiru Muhammadu Jega, (OFR) Introduction In the philosophical and ideological traditions of the western liberal democracy, which Nigeria emulates, the primary responsibilities of the S... Read more
Prof Attahiru Jega came to the conversation on restructuring at the January 22, 2021 Media Trust Dialogue clearly set on conceptualising restructuring as no more than a rigorous or far reach... Read more
Last week, it was the 60th birthday of Comrade John Odah. This week, it is the birthday of Yunusa Zakeri Y’au, the ex-academic turned civil society mandarin. The two are some of the stars of... Read more
Prof Maurice Iwu who, as Chairman of INEC, conducted an election whose winner, the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, was also its harshest critic delivered a lecture at the Department of Political S... Read more
It is exactly 3 years today, May 29th, 2020 when Professor Abubakar Momoh died suddenly in 2017. He is still remembered across the many spaces he traversed as a scholar, activist and adminis... Read more
By Tunde Akanni, PhD Introduction The idea of content analysis is well steeped in media studies and adjudged to be particularly rewarding when working with data from media and related source... Read more
Less than 48 hours to November 16th, 2019, Governorship election in Kogi State in North Central Nigeria, the alarm bells are ringing from the Centre for Democracy and Development, (CDD), the... Read more
A 2-day conference that must be the most diverse and toughest of such gatherings in recent times is now underway at the University of Ibadan in South-western Nigeria. Academics, civil societ... Read more
Very symbolic individuals in that circuit were already on the ground before it was 9 O’clock on June 11th, 2019 when the two of them were remembered for the umpteenth time. The two in... Read more
