The Standard can today reveal the genesis of proposal for a pure presidential system of government adopted by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Review. We established the system, ...

Suddenly, almost out of the blue, debate has begun over what system of government Nigeria should adopt or return to. It is not certain that the debate stands any chance of gaining sufficient traction, ...

All former British colonies had a parliamentary system just before they secured independence. Some chose to continue being dependent on Mother Britain and so they ran a parliamentary system of ...

I will come back to the matter in some detail shortly. But let me preface my comments by asserting that the subliminal issue behind this request is the ongoing conversation about restructuring Nigeria ...

An aggregate of 60 members of the House of Representatives have jointly sponsored the bill aimed at amending the 1999 Constitution to transition from the current presidential system to a parliamentary ...

The ongoing debate in South Asia is part of a larger conversation about what type of democratic governance is best. With the notable exception of China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and a handful of ...

Prof. Ango Abdullahi, a member of the Northern Elders Forum, has endorsed moves by some lawmakers to return Nigeria to the Parliamentary System of Government. Abdullahi, a former Vice-chancellor of ...

American exceptionalism, for being an abstract idea, is a real aspect of American politics. Especially among those on the right -- see, e.g., Sarah Palin-- there is a belief that we are a blessed, ...