According to Wikipedia, a political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government. The party agrees on some proposed policies and programmes, with a view to promoting the collective good or furthering their supporters’ interests. Here in Nigeria, the reverse is the case as what... Read More

APC, NPN, party politics, PDP, political parties, UPN

November 25, 2016

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Reuben Abati: The threat of a new political party

by Reuben Abati When aggrieved politicians within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) decided to join forces with members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the All Progressives Peoples Alliance (APGA) to form the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013, they had... Read More

APC, APGA, NCNC, nigeria, PDP, political party, Politics, reuben abati, the AG, the NEPU, the NPC, UMBC, UPN

September 12, 2015

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This political party won’t waste its time (and money) on an election it can’t win

Why enter into a battle you’re absolutely certain you’ll eventually lose? The Unity Party of Nigeria appears to know one or two things about picking one’s battles. In what may be an attempt to not waste its time and resources, Frederick Fasehun’s party has decided to abstain from the forthcoming elections in Kogi and Bayelsa. But... Read More

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APC, Bayelsa, election, Kogi, PDP, UPN

August 2, 2014

Iyiola Omisore declines to participate in debate

Less than 24 hours to the Osun State gubernatorial debate. Some youth organizations decided to host a televised debate for five selected gubernatorial candidates in Osun State ahead of the August 9 governorship election. The debate, organized by the Osun Pro-Democracy Youth (OPDY), LYNX Nigeria, and Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE Nigeria) chose the invited... Read More

April 1, 2013

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Chukwuma Soludo: Is APC really the game changer it claims to be?

by Chukwuma Soludo Unfortunately, the quality of political discourse has deteriorated greatly since the first and second republics. I can still recall what each of the political parties during the second republic stood for. Today, political parties have become mere platforms to grab power. “This is a new dawn for our generation. This is unusual.... Read More

Aminu Kano, APC, awolowo, Ideology, NPC, PDP, PRP, UPN, Zainab Usman

February 18, 2013

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Chukwuma Soludo: Where is the political party for the Nigerian economy?

by Chukwuma Soludo As students in those days, we relished in the intellectual debates on the alternatives offered by different parties. Regular campus symposia involved high ranking members of different political parties explaining and defending their party manifestoes. In a multi-party democracy, political parties are the vehicles for acquiring power, and for governance and development.... Read More

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