Politics
Osun State is notable for many reasons. It is host to the ancient town of Ile-Ife, the cradle of the Yoruba and seat of the Oonirisa, the traditional religious and cultural ruler of the Yoruba.
Read MoreNigeria is a nation at war. This war is being waged between the friends of Nigeria and enemies of Nigeria; between the true patriots who love Nigeria and its people and those who love only themselves; and between those who want a better life for Nigerians and those who only want a better life for themselves and their families.
Read MoreThis article is for every young Nigerian who has ever dreamed of giving back to his country by serving in elective office. It's also for those who stand in their way.
Read MoreThis is the third part of my series on hacking the Nigerian political system.
Read MoreThis is the second part of my March to Freedom Series about hacking the Nigerian political system. Time to get off the fence!
Read MoreThis is the first part of my series on hacking the Nigerian political system.
Read MoreThis is the introductory post in a series of articles that will examine how to fix the Nigerian political system.
Read MoreThere's a comment at the end of this article about whether the protesters were rented ot not:
A PREMIUM TIMES’ correspondent at the scene said the protesters did not immediately appear like the usual “rented crowd”.
“Many of the protesters said they were natives of southern Borno, Mr. Ndume’s district, but mostly live in Mararaba and Masaka areas of Abuja.”
It's usually not hard to determine this- just hang around until after the protest and see whether they start sharing money. How do you know when they're sharing money? Look out for the dust clouds, curses and howls of pain as they descend into fisticuffs.
Commentary on a Premium Times report about INEC's intention to transmit election results electronically.
Read MoreThe governorship candidate of Action Congress in the 2007 Governorship elections, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, needed a campaign strategy to engage more directly with voters in the run up to the 2009 Ekiti State Rerun elections.
Read MoreElections in Nigeria are chaotic and fraught with numerous problems like late arrival of election materials, ballot box snatching, rigging and violence. We developed the Pollwatch project to support the election monitoring role of the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform (CODER).
Read MoreBy the 2011 presidential elections in Nigeria, town hall meetings had been a popular feature of the American political system for many years. They were used by candidates and elected officials to interact with voters in intimate settings.
Read MoreThe furore generated by the controversial Ekiti State Rerun Election of 2009 was followed by a period of uneasy silence. It seemed that all sides in the conflict were exhausted and just waiting for something to happen.
Read MoreFor the 2007 elections, I partnered with a group of Filipino developers, to build an sms-based election monitoring system (which we called QuickCount 2007). This automated system was able to receive and process sms reports including ballot count results from 18,000 Action Congress polling agents at 9,000 polling units all over the state.
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