I’ve been in U.S. academia for close to 40 years. In the late 1980s, George H.W. Bush was president, and Allan Bloom’s “The ...

This is against the spirit of democracy. Nigeria must restructure its way out of this failing system. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Abubakar Atiku, Peter Obi, and others bemoaned this in ...

What kind of democracy has members who too often vilify those who vote differently? A failing democracy. Is our democracy worth saving? If not, what should replace it? Who should benefit?

In his keynote address titled ‘Is Democracy Failing in Africa?’ Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, lamented that it seemed like Nigeria’s democracy only worked for a few ...

in which he was subsequently acquitted following the prosecution’s failure to obtain a 66% majority vote to convict. While these abhorrent events speak for themselves and the state of democracy ...

Mr Obasanjo said that unless democracy is redefined to reflect African values and care for the people's needs, it will continue to fail and eventually die in Africa. Former President Olusegun ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday declared that democracy has failed and is dying in Africa. Obasanjo said to salvage the situation, democracy must be addressed in the context and ...