By M. Babajide-Alabi For Nigerians it was forty eight hours of waiting anxiously for the results of the March 28, 2015 Presidential elections. And like eagles we patiently stayed glued to the televisions, radio and social media networks for any hint of where victory was swinging. To the credit of the Independent National Electoral Commission…
By M. Babajide-Alabi The story that the King Mohammed IV of Morrocco declined a phone request from Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan is no longer news. This broke early last week and has been widely publicised both in print and broadcast media, in and outside Nigeria. At first “contact” with the news, I had reservations about…
By M. Babajide-Alabi As we count down to Nigeria’s 2015 General Elections on March 28, so also is the world watching events unfold in the United Kingdom towards the May 7 elections. These two countries are linked in history. Nigeria, a former colony, governed and ruled by Her Majesty the Queen and a member of…
By M. Babajide-Alabi Today, being the first Sunday in March, let’s take a break from politics or any national discourse and talk generally on what we are facing in the new world dispensation of “development”. The new styles, new outlook on life and by extension, new way of doing things, that sadly, may not conform…
By M. Babajide-Alabi, It is an interesting development to see Nigerians of different persuasions and political ideologies coming together to sign peace accords or agreements in preparation for the 2015 General Elections. This is indeed something worth commending the initiators and the participants for. The wave of peace treaties kicked off with the agreement signed…
By M. Babajide-Alabi It is no longer news that the hitherto scheduled and anticipated 2015 Nigeria General Elections did not hold yesterday. Instead Nigerians went out joyously to celebrate Valentine’s Day. We did not vote, but the day was not wasted. Lovers were all over the town. Husbands and wives “feigned” love as they present…
By M. Babajide-Alabi Its a few days to the most important date in the history and future of Nigeria in recent times – February 14, 2015. This is the day Nigerians will go to polls to determine who will rule them for the next four years. Thanks to democracy, It is a day of choice….
By M. Babajide-Alabi In recent times and especially as months turn to weeks and weeks to days in the run up to this month’s Nigeria General Elections a new trend has been noticed among Nigerian politicians and their followers. Observers have reported the “charged up” political atmosphere. The situation has changed from what it was…
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