democracy
10 hours ago
As part of efforts aimed at countering fake news, mis-information and dis-information, International Press Centre (IPC) recently held a two-day capacity building workshop in Kaduna State on combating information disorder in democratic governance reporting using fact-checking and Freedom of Information (FOI) tools.
2 days ago
It is beginning to appear that our leaders are not ready to read any writings on the walls. They don’t seem to be interested in any risk analysis of these difficult times. They appear too busy to be aware that our democracy isn’t working.
10 Mar
Renowned cartoonist, Barbara Brandon-Croft, first nationally syndicated African American female cartoonist visited Nigeria from February 18 to 24, for America Speaker Programme titled, Sketch & Satire: The Art And Impact of Editorial Cartooning. Brandon-Croft is best known for creating the comic strip Where I’m Coming From.
4 Mar
After 24 years of unbroken democracy, we’re really not too far from where we took off, with political managers unwilling to deliver quality governance that’s sufficient to exorcise and banish the coup mentality.
1 Mar
A former president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors , Malam Garba Shehu, has advised Nigerians to support democracy, saying that democracy as a system of government has no alternative.
15 Feb
Democratic standards across the world fell in 2023 amid the spread of wars, authoritarian crackdowns and declining levels of trust in mainstream political parties, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said on Thursday.
7 Feb
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has strongly criticised Senegal's President Macky Sall for unilaterally and illegally postponing the presidential election scheduled for February 25. Frank, in a statement made available to The Guardian, described Sall's action as a coup against Senegal's constitution, raising concerns about the potential…
6 Feb
To the keen and casual observer alike, the geopolitical grounds are rapidly shifting, and a seemingly new world order is taking shape. This change is all too apparent worldwide; in the last four years, the world has endured a ravaging pandemic, the return of large-scale traditional warfare in Europe, a failed insurrection in the United States, a civil war in Ethiopia and South Sudan, rising tensions in the South China Sea and the explosion of violence between Israel and Palestine.
6 Feb
Among the reasons for the appeal of democracy world-wide are: Responsive and rule-governed leadership; freedoms and rights; political tolerance; as well as, voting system, and citizen participation through representation.
5 Feb
When I received the invitation to make this presentation, I was rather uncomfortable for two reasons. First, I considered the notice of two weeks to be grossly inadequate and second, I felt that the subject matter was outside my area of expertise.
16 Jan
At a time the country is struggling with finances to keep government afloat, when all departments and agencies are charged to exercise utmost prudence, that sum of N89 billion demanded by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as appropriation for statutory obligations in 2024 appears outrageous.
13 Jan
As Taiwan successfully elected a new political leader yesterday, its Representative/Head of Mission in Nigeria, Andy Yih-Ping Liu has said his country is a shining example of democracy in East Asia.