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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Katsina State Government has pledged to provide more dividends of democracy to better the living conditions of residents.

It was not an auspicious time for politicians to test popularity on the streets. While rich economies in the global north got richer, their poor and developing counterparts in Africa got poorer in 2023.

A ranking member of Nigeria's Federal Parliament, the House of Representatives and chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu, has congratulated the President of Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, on his imminent victory in the just-concluded presidential election. Early results showed the incumbent Tshisekedi, with a large lead,…

Women for Justice group in Nasarawa State has said its nine-month-old protest in the state is a sacrifice to ensure democracy is not strangulated by greedy power-mongers, who will go any length to twist the electoral process against people’s wishes. The group, which had engaged in peaceful protest since March 29, 2023, said women in…

Against the backdrop of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent appeal to Nigerians for prayers and support towards the efforts of his administration to revive the ailing economy of the nation and restore the good old days when the naira was at par with the dollar and other western currencies...