Despite the huddle placed on the path of political actors via section 84 clause (9) in Electoral Act 2022, which demands that for a consensus process of election in political parties to be deemed legitimate, it must be consented to…
1999 Constitution Review: Are lawmakers taking women & kings for granted? -Magnus Onyibe
The House of Representatives, also known as the Green Chamber of the National Assembly (NASS), has reportedly reversed itself by electing to bring back for review, the three bills concerning women’s rights which it had jettisoned during its debate on…
Electoral Act 2022 Clause 84 (12): When 2 elephants fight -Magnus Onyibe
The most appropriate note on which to commence this dialogue on the controversial clause 84(12) of the much-debated and anticipated Electoral Act 2022 is by adopting the aphorism that when two elephants fight, the grass suffers. The reasons for applying…
Nigeria as a massive crime scene and jostle for presidency, 2023 -Magnus Onyibe
I love Nigeria, I no go lie is a lyric of a popular Nigerian song by the same title written by Wole Soyinka -Nobel laureate and Tunji Oyelana. And the song was sung in the good old days when the…
The malady of APC’s foreboding convention and leadership miasma -Magnus Onyibe
There is nothing as frustrating as trying to introduce an idea that is considered to be premature. In other words, when the timing of a good thing, such as the registration of political party members by the ruling party at…
The real reason Buhari vetoed Electoral Act Amendment Bill – Magnus Onyibe
In my last media intervention during the last week of December 2021, titled: “Electoral Act Amendment Bill: Interrogating The Ogbanje/Abiku Element” which was widely published in the mass media, l tried to decipher the reasons for the killing of the…
Negotiation as antidote to epidemic of separatism in Nigeria – Magnus Onyibe
It is what was said and was not said by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to journalists at a press conference held on November 9 in Abuja that first indicated to me that…
Soludo, Ludo game, and Anambra politics – Magnus Onyibe
The notion of politics as a game is as old as politics itself. As most of us already know, politics originated in ancient Greece with the philosopher Plato who wrote about the nature of justice, what constitutes good government and…
Anambra gubernatorial election as bellwether for PDP and referendum for APC – Magnus Onyibe
Along with the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election scheduled for 6th November, the PDP national convention held 30-31 October are a sort of bellwether for the main opposition party, PDP and a referendum for the ruling APC. The assertion above…
Nigerian Presidency 2023: Where are the lgbo candidates? -Magnus Onyibe
In the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) whose convention comes up 30-31st October, which is in a few days’ time, the frontrunners for the presidential tickets are already very well known. Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who had faced off with the…