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The first few years after independence in Nigeria showed clearly that the nation’s political class had very little interest in democracy.
The post NIGERIA’S GUIDED DEMOCRACY: Any progress? By Tonnie Iredia appeared first on Vanguard News.
We are told in 2 Corinthians 6:2 that “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation”. The verse emphasizes that the present moment is the critical, urgent time for salvation and receiving God’s favor. In a layman’s understanding, it simply means, strike the iron when it is still hot, because […]
The post Now or never, by Patrick Omorodion appeared first on Vanguard News.
As MTN reportedly recovers nearly N2 trillion in airtime debt, Nigeria reveals how inflation and informality are reshaping even the most basic act of communication.
The post Airtime became Oxygen, by Stephanie Shaakaa appeared first on Vanguard News.
Modern relationships are forcing an uncomfortable question: does having a title still mean having a place?
The post Are we all side chics now?, by Stephanie Shaakaa appeared first on Vanguard News.
Three months ago, a brilliant software engineer lost a promotion he’d been working toward for two years. His technical skills were exceptional. His project portfolio was impressive. But when he stood before the executive team to pitch his vision for a new product line, he began with a tangent about his university research, jumped to customer […]
The post Apply Structured Reasoning to Your Speaking and Writing, by Ruth Oji appeared first on Vanguard News.
Hardly anyone should shed tears for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Both parties are guilty of what lawyers call contributory negligence, being part-architects of their own misfortune. Their internal contradictions, genetic predispositions and inherent inability to cohere are simply being exploited by their ruthless enemy, the ruling All Progressives Congress, […]
The post 2027: INEC, the judiciary can cripple Nigeria’s wobbly democracy, by Olu Fasan appeared first on Vanguard News.
When Mazi Afam Osigwe signed off on a press release in the name of the Nigerian Bar Association some days ago, he would appear to have spoken not only the mind of many Nigerians but also as an impartial arbiter. As the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, there is perhaps no other Nigerian better placed […]
The post The NBA’s hypocrisy, by Rotimi Fasan appeared first on Vanguard News.
It doesn’t come as a surprise any more that the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON, meeting which took place last week in Abuja became a political theatre of suggestions. The organisation had itself to blame for the torrents of suggestions that came its way. BON was responsible for the rain that drenched it, having been very […]
The post At BON General Meeting, it was a season of great expectations, by Okoh Aihe appeared first on Vanguard News.
“The emancipation of the poor must be the act of the poor themselves”— Classical Socialist Thought In the ever shifting terrain of Nigerian politics, where power has increasingly become the preserve of entrenched elites, the re-emergence of populist currents is both inevitable and necessary. Indeed, it is both a historical and contemporary need that must come […]
The post Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed and the People’s Redemption Party: Bringing populism back into mainstream politics, by Usman Sarki appeared first on Vanguard News.
From last week continues the narrative on the Saturday, December 12, 1959 Federal elections with the results thus: In the Northern Region—3,258,520 (votes cast) and 89.4% (percentage poll); Eastern Region-1,929,754(votes cast) and 75.3% (percentage poll); Western Region-1,887, 209 and 71.2% (percentage poll); Lagos-110,072 (votes cast) and 76.2% (percentage poll). All prominent Nigerian political leaders were returned. […]
The post Crossing the red line by the Opposition and Government(4), by Eric Teniola appeared first on Vanguard News.