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The Many Sins of INEC How the 2023 Elections Exposed INEC’s Incompetence

Chike IbewuikeApril 20, 2023

During the 2023 elections, INEC had all the tools it needed to pass its own self-designed test to deliver this year’s elections credibly through technology. However, the electoral commission’s many failures have meant great losses to its credibility.

2023 ElectionsApril/May 2023Nigeria

West Africa’s Slow-Onset Crisis The Evolving Nature of Violence in West Africa

Abel GaiyaApril 4, 2023

West Africa has experienced evolving violence since independence, first by recording the highest share of military coup frequency in Africa between 1960 and 1989, then in the Mano River regional crisis of 1989-2003, and finally terrorism in the Lake Chad region and the Liptako-Gourma region from 2010 till date.

April/May 2023Nigeria

2023 Election Updates Daily Briefings from The Republic

The RepublicMarch 31, 2023

Updates on the 2023 general elections, covering news on candidates, voting and other related issues. Read more

February/March 2023NigeriaNigeria Decides 2023: Updates

A National Own Goal? The Dangers of a Same-Faith Presidency

Gbọ́láhàn AdébíyìMarch 29, 2023

Nigeria’s corporate existence is reliant on the peaceful co-existence of people of different ethnicities and religions. APC’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket and ‘win’ have broken decades of political and ethical convention regarding party ticketing, and threatens Nigeria’s ‘delicate balance’.

February/March 2023NigeriaNigeria Decides 2023

‘Bloody Lagosians!’ Examining the Culture of Citizen Suppression in Lagos

Doyin OlagunjuMarch 28, 2023

If violence by extra-state actors on law-abiding citizens is the unofficial answer to any and every referendum in Lagos, be it elections or protests, then perhaps the Lagos State government needs to re-examine its hold on power.

February/March 2023Nigeria

The Conductor of Chaos MC Oluomo’s Dangerous Rise and Rhetoric

Yusuf OmotayoMarch 21, 2023

MC Oluomo, who rose from being a bus conductor to one of the most feared political henchmen in southwest Nigeria represents a crude brand of state-backed political instruments. As the leader of the NURTW, he has over the years allegedly been at the centre of political subjugation, playing an important, albeit terrible role in shaping the politics of Lagos State.

February/March 2023NigeriaNigeria Decides 2023: Essaysvol7-no2

Nigeria vs the South East The Glaring Igbophobia of the 2023 Elections

Ernest NwekeMarch 20, 2023

From pre-independence ethnic dog whistling, to pogroms, a civil war and the systemic socio-political ostracization that has since followed, the Igbo are the most discriminated ethnic group in Nigeria and ethnic bigotry against Igbo people has been on full display in the 2023 election.

2023 ElectionsFebruary/March 2023Nigeria

How Many People Are in Nigeria? Why Nigeria’s Census Counts

Judith HassanMarch 15, 2023

At a time when restructuring is part of the national discourse, the outcome of a census will determine what restructuring could mean in the coming years. Nigeria’s development depends on our ability to get it right, or as close to right as possible.

February/March 2023Nigeria

Cracking the Glass Ceiling Aisha Binani’s Blueprint for Leadership

Gbope OnigbanjoMarch 15, 2023

As APC’s flagbearer for the 2023 gubernatorial elections in Adamawa State, Aisha Binani stands the chance to become Nigeria's first elected female governor.

February/March 2023International Women's Day - CultureNigeriaNigeria Decides 2023: Essays

To Whom ‘Too Much’ is Given INEC’s Disappointing Conduct of the 2023 Presidential Election

Yusuf OmotayoMarch 14, 2023

Despite spending N305 billion, INEC’s conduct in the 2023 presidential election failed to show any real progress. Instead, the electoral commission has eroded the gains made in the past few years in Nigeria’s path to achieving true democracy through credible controversy-free elections.

February/March 2023NigeriaNigeria Decides 2023: Essays