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The battle before the 2027 ballots, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, July 13 -- By the time Nigerians file into polling units in 2027, the most consequential battle for the nation's democracy may already have been fought - and perhaps won or lost. Elections ar... Read More


Where failure is free, nations pay, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, June 29 -- There is a powerful lesson in the political fate of Keir Starmer, but it is not merely a British lesson. It is not about Westminster drama, Labour Party turbulence, or the familiar... Read More


When conscience finds its voice, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, June 15 -- Every nation eventually reaches a point where silence stops being prudence and becomes complicity. There are moments when patience can no longer disguise decay, when restraint begi... Read More


INEC's albatross: The crisis of electoral trust, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, June 1 -- The main threat to Nigerian democracy is no longer a lack of understanding of elections but the growing doubt that elections matter. What is often labelled voter apathy is actually ... Read More


Candidate selection or civilian coup?, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, May 19 -- Nigeria's political class now touts "consensus candidacy" with renewed assurance. Party leaders, governors, and godfathers frame it as proof of democratic progress, a tool to avoid ... Read More


Beyond the creeklines: A Yenagoa chronicle, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, April 20 -- When the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board invited me to Yenagoa as a guest author and lead facilitator for its quarterly leadership dialogue, I accepted without h... Read More