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Senator Abdallah Wali is the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship candidate in Sokoto State in the forthcoming elections. A seasoned public servant, Wali joined politics in 1998 and has since been playing

JOSE Mujica is often referred to as the president most other countries would rather have. Whatever your own particular “shade” of politics, it’s impossible not to be impressed or beguiled by

NOT much has happened to reduce the widespread uncertainty, suspense, and fear of violence and the prevalent sense of inevitable doom around the March 28 presidential election, now only about three weeks

Unitarism will never work in this kind of heterogeneous society Brigadier-General Christopher Oluwole Rotimi, first Military Governor of Western State from 1971 -75 and former Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S. turned 80

AYISHA Osori is the CEO of the Nigerian Women’s Trust Fund (NWTF), a not-for-profit organisation created from a public-civil society partnership to increase the quality and quantity of women in government. Created

WITH dissimilar geography, regional idiosyncrasies and religious consciousness, Kaduna presents a thorny electoral atmosphere. Fondly called KAD by young residents, the state also has a curious blend of voter awareness and affiliations.

SINCE the return of democratic governance in the country in 1999, the country’s former capital and commercial nerve centre Lagos had been under the control of the opposition party till date. After