Nigeria Decides

#NigeriaDecides: Can the streets of Lagos just look like this everyday?

by Chinwe Okafor The 2015 presidential elections kicked off today and contrary to popular belief made ‘popular’ as a result of social media, not many people have shown up at their polling units for accreditation or voting. From observation, it could be seen that most people at certain polling units are mostly the older generation... Read More

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INEC reacts after getting hacked by the NCA (TWEET)

by Chinwe Okafor The Independent National Electoral Commission’s website got hacked a few minutes ago by a group called the Nigerian Cyber Army and the body has come forth to confirm the claims. INEC took to its Twitter page to confirm the news saying they are aware of the breach and are currently investigating the... Read More

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#NigeriaDecides: This is the car that exploded in Enugu (LOOK)

by Chinwe Okafor A bomb blast was reported to have gone off during an accreditation exercise at one of Enugu’s polling unit on Saturday. According to the police: “The Enugu state command of the Nigeria Police Force through its operatives working in partnership with other sister security agencies in the state on 28/03/13 averted what... Read More

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Buhari’s running mate, Prof. Osibanjo gets accredited in Lagos (PHOTO)

by Chinwe Okafor Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has just arrived at his polling unit in Victoria Garden City, Lekki area of Lagos state to get accredited by the INEC officials. The running mate to the presidential candidate for the APC, Gen. Muhammedu Buhari was spotted in a relaxed native... Read More

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#NigeriaDecides: One person killed as violence erupts in Osun

by Chinwe Okafor The 2015 presidential elections have kicked off and so far it has been going on peacefully except in some states such as Enugu and Osun state. Currently, while a bomb blast is said to have gone off in Enugu at a polling boot, Osun has been reported to be witnessing some violence... Read More

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Opinion: The momentum has clearly shifted to Pres. Jonathan

by Emeka Okoroji Unfortunately for Buhari and the APC, while they were snoozing, President Goodluck Jonathan was actively building bridges from Yola to Lagos to Kano to Ogun. Two days to the general elections in Nigeria, the big question is: which of the two main presidential candidates has the momentum and support at the... Read More

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Adebayo Coker: Does the ‘D’ in D-day really stand for doom?

by Adebayo Coker There is no fence to sit on anymore as that has been pulled down by the continued bastardization of our nation state. You will only continue in delusion if you think the fence still exists. Kindly slam that song Natural Mystic by Bob Marley into your stereo and let it roll as... Read More

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Akin Osuntokun: I see no reason why the Yorubas should vote Buhari

by Akin Osuntokun The stubborn fact of the scientific imagination and reasoning is that it holds true for all seasons and so it is with the prescription of federalism for Nigeria. It was true in 1948, 1960, 1970, 1993 as it is true today. As tomorrow looms large on the horizon of Nigeria’s destiny, I... Read More

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Opinion: Can we trust the police to protect our votes?

by Uche Igwe Whether the police is present at the booth or not, it makes no difference. My fear is that they should not end up igniting the same electoral violence he is pretending to prevent. In the last few days, the Nigerian Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, has been cautioning the... Read More

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Opinion: Is President Jonathan ready for defeat?

by Emmanuel Ugwu News of a defeat will shake the foundation of Jonathan’s sense of personal identity. It will devastate him mentally and emotionally. And the wounded loser and his reflexes, at that level, will generate chaos. Few months ago, President Goodluck Jonathan had a fairly good reason to believe he will have a blowout.... Read More

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Is’haq Kawu: These elections won’t kill our country

by Is’haq Kawu “We, therefore, do not believe that a country should die because it held elections. On the contrary, elections should strengthen democracy, and reinforce national development. In view of that, we do not agree with any group or interest threatening fire and brimstone over the outcome of the elections. Nigeria belongs to us... Read More

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Opinion: Did Obama really need to teach us that lesson?

by Niran Adedokun When labour unions that should fight the cause of the people have suddenly become part of the problem, things, worse than intrusions from foreigners are bound to overtake it. So, President Barack Obama of the United States of America took time off his busy schedule to preach to Nigerians, leaders and the... Read More

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Opinion: How Jonathan and PDP failed me

by Adedapo Adebajo True democracy negates the monopoly of power by one party. Sixteen years ago I was a teenager on the cusp of puberty when democracy was re-installed after a long spate of military rule, coups and counter coups. I can still remember the elation on people’s faces and how my dad couldn’t stop... Read More

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Opinion: The mornings after the bruising campaigns

by Waziri Adio We need to start thinking more as citizens than as partisans. And we need to return to the very important work that electioneering has distracted us from. Barring another last-minute orchestration, the much anticipated 2015 presidential election will hold in four days. Presidential campaigns will officially stop on Thursday, bringing this unusual... Read More

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Opinion: Turning point – The rise and rise of General Buhari

by Seun Fakuade The unprecedented rise of Muhammadu Buhari, whose incorruptibility and integrity remains unquestionable, is not only an indictment of the failure of leadership under Goodluck Jonathan but a validation of the visionless leadership that has remained elusive of the present administration. Indeed, the rise of the son of Daura is a reminder of... Read More

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Opinion: The real winner should be Nigeria’s democracy

by Kayode Komolafe The air of uncertainty heralding the elections is another symptom of underdevelopment. The processes should be regular and predictable. It would not be asking for too much that this should be attributes defining the political process. By this time next week the 2015 presidential election must have been won and lost. That... Read More

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Opinion: Switzerland, Buhari and the Abacha loot

by Shaka Momodu Anyone who denies that Abacha looted the nation’s treasury not only holds our values in contempt but does pure violence to those values. Having watched the presidential standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, campaign around the country in the last couple of weeks, noted the emptiness and the... Read More

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Opinion: 2015 Elections – Let’s do it the Rotary way

by Oyewole Rolex …posterity is the final judge of the acts of humans. Irrespective of our religious, cultural and political affiliations cum dispensation, no human life is worth sacrificing to protect these beliefs. Our dear Nation at this point has plumed into a very precarious stage. A volatile state many has posited trepidation, violence, killings... Read More

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Opinion: Still undecided? Here’s what I’d like you to know about #Elections2015

by Eloho Omame Undecided isn’t good enough. Millions of us are counting on you. Please spend the next few days deciding whom you will vote for and be bold enough to see it through. Your vote is important, your vote is strategic and it would be silly not to use it. If you’ll bear with... Read More

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Simon Kolawole: Here’s what to expect after the presidential election

by Simon Kolawole …the election will come and go and Nigeria will not go to war. There will certainly be protests and demonstrations, no matter who wins. That is why we are Nigerians: we hardly accept that we have been fairly beaten. Here we go again: another presidential election is upon us. The season... Read More

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Dele Momodu: It is time to say our Lord’s prayer

by Dele Momodu The doomsday predilection should therefore be taken seriously since nothing can be ruled out in our dear beloved country. Fellow Nigerians, please I have no intention of scaring anyone today but to paint a realistic scenario of what may likely happen soon. Experience has taught me not to dismiss anything as mere... Read More

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Madubuko Hart: Alex Otti and the shooting of Frank Dickson

by Madubuko Hart “Obedience opens the door to the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. And the spiritual gifts and abilities activated by the power of the Holy Ghost enable us to avoid deception – and to see, to feel, to know, to understand, and to remember things as they really are.” – David A.... Read More

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Opinion: Dear Niger Deltans, Jonathan does not have the capacity to be better

by Sabella Abidde President Jonathan did not create many of the problems we now face. But under his watch, things have worsened. In addition, newer problems have germinated. If you belong to any of the ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, it is in your best interest and the interest of those... Read More

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Opinion: Nigeria Decides 2015 – The dangers of re-electing Jonathan

by Rotimi Olawale The existence of these problems is not as challenging as the unwillingness or incapability of the President to overcome them. Between 2011 and 2015, Nigeria has experienced strange happenings in various spheres of the nation; while some of the happenings are existing problems coming in escalating dimensions, others can be considered as a new... Read More

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Opinion: #NigeriaDecides is an election, not war

by Yadoma Mandara A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it. An election is central to any democratic system, it allows ordinary citizens to choose who... Read More

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Opinion: The kind of leadership Nigeria needs

by Eze Onyekpere The 2015 elections provide an opportunity to start the process. Kick out corrupt and inept leaders and wait in 2019 to further kick out those who you voted for this time around but have disappointed the people. Each passing day, Nigerians converge at different places analysing the challenges facing our nation, proffering... Read More

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Opinion: The utter fallacy of rally crowds

by Dominik Umosen False assumptions carries the ugly potential of inexorably overheating the already turbo-charged polity which, am sure, we do not want to do. As far as the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is concerned, if rave reviews of the opposition... Read More

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Opinion: How we made Buhari’s Chatham House appearance happen

by Uche Igwe I find the allegations of President Jonathan’s supporters like Femi Fani-Kayode and Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State as preposterous, comical and even foolish. One will at least be worried about someone like Femi that claims to have gone to some familiar schools. Hate him or love him, the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi... Read More

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Opinion: Who should the Igbos vote for?

by Onyeike Agomuo It is a fact that unless in a divided Nigeria, no Igbo man or woman would become President of Nigeria immediately after Jonathan finishes in 2019. There are many questions now agitating the Igbo nation that require intelligence. Mark you, intelligence does not belong only to those who may have gone through... Read More

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Opinion: Buhari is a better Christian than Jonathan

by Ikechukwu Orji Jonathan has refused to go after those who are squandering our patrimony. Corruption is rampant and he is pretending that all is well. You cannot be a follower of Christ and allow evil to run rampant around you. It was Mahatma Gandhi who said he admired Christ not Christians. I guess he... Read More

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