By Ebuka Onyekwelu, Ph.D Despite the introduction of an open and direct primary election system, where all party members participate to choose a candidate for an elective position, Nigeria’s party democracy tends to suffer from the same problem of manipulation. The indirect party primary system deliberately disenfranchised the majority…
By Ebuka Onyekwelu, Ph.D South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday dismissed the country’s Minister of Social Development, Sisi Tolashe, and appointed Sindisiwe Chikunga to oversee the…
By Ebuka Onyekwelu, Ph.D A member of Ghana’s Parliament, Kwame Frimpong, has been detained in the Netherlands over an investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of…
By Ebuka Onyekwelu, Ph.D President Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi is seeking a fresh term of seven years in office, in the country’s presidential election coming up in…
By Ebuka Onyekwelu, Ph.D The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, yesterday arrived in Kenya for the African Forward Summit commencing on Monday, and was received by Kenya’s…
By Ebuka Onyekwelu, Ph.D With party registers set for closure within the week, the last might have been heard of defections among Nigeria’s opposition figures. First, the…
