In three months, Nigerians will go to the polls again. Everybody I spoke to – in Lagos, Asaba, Awka, Enugu and Abuja – was certain that fraudulent elections could spell lasting doom this time around. Yet, after witnessing the impunity that passed for party primaries, it’s difficult to be hopeful in the prospects of credible elections in April…

The recent revelation that members of Nigeria’s National Assembly are the highest paid in the world raises significant questions not only on the need for effective checks and balances on organs of government but also fundamental issues as to the work ability of the presidential system in an emergent democracy…