Chude Jideonwo: Dear President Buhari, You Have Broken Our Hearts
Two years ago to this day, you brought me to tears. You were in our nation’s capital, being inaugurated as the first Nigerian in our nation’s history to win the presidency from an opposition party. I was far away, in Lagos; but I had a cherished privilege: to be the one to publish the […]
Yemi Adamolekun: The Long Road Ahead For The Office Of The Citizen
The Office of the Citizen is the highest office in the land but it currently doesn’t come with a salary and it’s definitely lacking in pomp and pageantry. From the initially scheduled date of February 14, we hope to finally have all results from the 2015 general elections this week of April 26. Two […]
Constitutional Amendments
Before the National Assembly went on recess on Thursday, July 25th, the Senate voted on 32 proposed constitutional amendments and the House of Representatives voted on 87. The Senate vote was done electronically, but the House voted manually as there was a technical glitch. Here is how they voted on some of the amendments: AMENDMENT […]
Constitutional Amendment Controversy over Section 29(4)(b):
A Note on Meeting with Senate Leadership, Abuja, Wednesday 24 July 2013. A cross-section of advocates, including representatives of senior public officers, civics and professionals met earlier this afternoon at the premises of the Senate with the leadership of the Senate led by the President of the Senate, David Mark, GCON over the fallouts from […]