The Oodua Progressive Care Initiative (OPCI) have vowed not to allow any intruder, parasite, individual or group of people to dethrone democracy in the country. The President of OPCI, Chief Maruff Olarewaju, disclosed this on Sunday at a press conference held at the OPCI office, Geri-Alimi, Ilorin. Olarewaju said it...
Democracy
Democracy is a political paradigm, albeit, with a specific ideological undertone; and the ideological tone refers to the attributes of democracy. Indeed, that distinguishes it from other ideological classifications. Making it simpler, democracy is different from, say, monarchy in that, while the former embraces and encourages all to participate...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has expressed support for the restoration of civilian rule and the transition to democracy in Sudan following the country’s military coup in October 2021. Türk, while giving an update to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday, said new effort...
With different manifestos, with different promises to even the ancestors, the living are always anxious of what gain they could get, shared among their two jaws, bring it let’s share it and chop it, who Democracy help? Both the illiterate and literate candidates speak their words, Some eloquently express...
Presidential Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says he will challenge Saturday’s presidential election result in Court. Abubakar, at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, said the decision was not about himself but for the democracy of Nigeria. “The weekend election was neither free nor...
Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria, has advised the country’s leadership to deal with deep cultural and physiological problems to deepen democracy. Obasanjo gave the advice on Thursday during the 2023 Port Harcourt City International Conference in Port Harcourt. Obasanjo also commended the organisers of the conference for...
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo says his administration has restored the principles of true democracy in the state, through the execution of people-oriented projects. In a broadcast to mark his three years in office on Sunday in Owerri, Uzodimma attributed the successes so far achieved within the period to...
Multi-party democracy is the best system of government, President Muhammadu Buhari declared on Wednesday in Abuja. He said his declaration stemmed from his experiences both as military head of state and as civilian president. He made the declaration when he hosted a delegation of the Universal Peace Federation Africa...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Joe Biden of the United States has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for his efforts in deepening democracy not only in Nigeria, but also in Africa. The US President said this on Wednesday in Washington during his meeting with leaders of six African countries...
In his most recent book, Liberalism and its Discontents, leading American political philosopher, Francis Fukuyama, throws light on the imminent crisis of democracy. The historical logic of democracy’s development is leading liberal democracy in particular towards a disastrous unraveling worldwide. But the unfolding catastrophe of democracy will impact nations...
Retired Justice Olufunlola Adekeye of the Supreme Court says rule of law is the bedrock of every democratic society. Adekeye made this known in Abuja at a-two-day forum organised by the National Human Rights (NHRC) for the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on civil liberties and rule of law. “It...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The lawmaker representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Senator Biobarakuma W Degi Eremienyo has described former President Goodluck Jonathan as a pillar and ICON of democracy in Africa. Sen. Eremienyo made this assertion on Sunday n a goodwill message he sent to Dr Goodluck Jonathan on...
Former US President Barack Obama said Friday that democracy is at stake in next month’s midterm elections in the United States, as he hit his first stop on the campaign trail. The Democratic power player, who remains a hugely popular figure in his party, told a boisterous rally in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commended the United Nations for its interest and sustained commitment to the growth of democratic processes in Nigeria. A statement by Abubakar media office on Tuesday, in Abuja, quoted him as making...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that participation of citizens in democracy will continue to be encouraged through freedom of speech and robust political discourse. The president stated this when he received Letters of Credence from Ambassadors and High Commissioners of six countries at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday....
President Muhammadu Buhari has in the last seven years positioned Nigeria as a bastion of democster of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has said. Onyeama disclosed this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York, following the conclusion of the High Level Segment...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New York vowed to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and credible elections through which Nigerians elect leaders of their choice. In his farewell speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as President, he told the...
A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Kumai Akaahs has urged Nigerians to obey the rule of law for democracy to thrive in the country. Akaahs gave the admonition in Jos at a discourse of a book; The Akaahs: The Conscience of a Man’, written in his honour....
The Speaker, Ogun State Assembly, Mr Olakunle Oluomo, has implored Nigerians to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to enhance the tenets of democracy. Oluomo said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Sunday to commemorate June 12. He said that it...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has commended the courage and resilience of the Nigerian Press in the sustenance and promotion of the tenets of democracy in the country. Governor Ortom in a goodwill message to commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom day, said credit...