Love does not win elections
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At the moment, we only deliver to customers in Ibadan and Abuja. If you will like to have books delivered to you anywhere else in Nigeria, please visit our konga store to make your order.Ayisha Osori, lawyer, writer and social advocate ran for the People Democratic Party's ticket to the House of Representatives in 2015 and lost. This is her story.
Olusegun Adeniyi's Against the Run of Play at once captured the bleak essence of Nigerian politics - or Politiricks - as he put it elsewhere - and paints a vivid picture of the challenges of governance and how these have combined to arrest the country's growth and development - a quintessential treasure trove for those seeking to make sense of our tortuous journey of national "self-discovery". ..
Was Goodluck Jonathan weak and clueless as his traducers have claimed? Or - as his supporters have alleged - was he just a victim of vicious conspiracies by an entitled cabal that would stop at nothing to bring down this "intruder" to power? From an unknown lecturer, Goodluck Jonathan rose to become President of Africa's largest democracy in less than a decade. And most astonishingly, without winn..
"Bisi's book adds to the growing much needed scholarship of determined Nigerians interested in taking a plunge into the cesspool of politics, a fundamental challenge that requires rapid cleansing,. At great cost to his personal safety and savings, Bisi explains in fluid prose how protracted the Nigerian political system works, crafted to scorn the visionaries and people of immense character. His b..
The first title which came to my mind for this book was: "Why I Ran". But then, it had a ring of finality to it which I found inappropriate, especially given the fact that I was still running! The race has not yet ended. A complete and definitive documentation of my engagement and active participation in Nigerian politics would be premature at this point; however, I felt that it was importan..
