Adebayo Adejare

Adebayo Adejare writes from the US of A.

Implications Of The Failure Of The National Assembly To Amend The 1999 Constitution

The Senate President observed that the 2007 General Elections were rigged by his party, the Peoples' Democratic Party, using the Nigeria Police and the Military. It is a fact that majority of the members of the hallowed Assembly would not return because they failed to secure re-nomination...

Stand And Deliver – A Short Note To President-Elect Umar Yar'Adua

You have attained the Presidency of our nation Nigeria at a very crucial point in our history. The challenges are many and failure is definitely not an option...

Enough Is Enough – A Short Note To General Muhammadu Buhari

I read with concern your decision to contest the election of Governor Umar Ya'Ardua at the Presidential Election Tribunal as well as participate in peaceful anti-election Protest. Please think again..

Averting Judicial Coup D'etat

The prolonged era of military rule has led to the erosion of confidence in the administration of justice in Nigeria...

Constitutional Amendment, Not Sovereign National Conference, Is Pathway To A Reformed Polity

Contrary to popular thought, there is in fact no new 1999 Constitution. What we have is the re-adoption of the 1979 Constitution...

Constitutional Amendment, Not Sovereign National Conference, Is Pathway To A Reformed Polity (2)

Contrary to popular thought, there is in fact no new 1999 Constitution. What we have is the re-adoption of the 1979 Constitution...

Corruption And New Frontiers Of Press Freedom

The methods used by leadership to muzzle speech and cover up crimes against the state and individuals vary from regime to regime but it is in the military setting that the crudest form of repression has taken place. Some have said that Nigeria has been much better of than most African countries on this matter just because journalists and others were not disappearing or being murdered...

Electoral Reforms And Prospects For Unity In Nigeria's Fledgling Democracy

Those in power are always sensitive to avoid handing over political power to their avowed political enemies. Hence the deliberate subtle manipulation of both the process and the personnel to ensure victory for their favored candidates at elections...

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