This week, Nigeria will mark ten years of uninterrupted democratic rule. In 1999, the then Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar handed over the reins of government to newly elected President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation has had its democracy severely tested in recent times.Earlier this month Nigerian soldiers fired shots and tear gas to disperse opposition demonstrators who vowed to challenge the result of elections in Ekiti State which were narrowly won by the governing People's Democratic Party (PDP).
The unrest was seen by many observers as Nigeria's biggest test since the 2007 federal election.

It's only two years until the the 2011 general election. Will Nigeria be able to emulate Ghana and South Africa and hold trouble a free poll?

In what areas is Nigeria making progress? If you're in Nigeria, how has your life has changed in the last ten years?

Democracy is centered on the people, by the people and for the people. Unfortunately that is not the case in Nigeria. What we have in Nigeria is Civil Rule and not democracy.

if there was anything like a democracy scale . . . . if you put Nigeria for testing

the Scale will crash

DE - MO - CRA- CY
if we go by what i have above, nigeria is still struggling in the DE section of this democracy and with the way we are moving, it might take us another 300 years to attain the second section because what we experience here is a step forward and a step backward meaning stagnant.
people will tell you that rome was not built in a day but none is ready to say how long it took to build rome. when obj kicked off this movement in 1999, i looked at his moves and i said we are not progressing and people will shout me down. give him time! give him time! we gave obj first tenure, second tenure and a failed third tenure. here we are again, yar adua, two yrs into power, ppl are still saying give him time. all we need to do is to go to sleep so that yar adua will have all the time in the world.
the major problem which nigerians have refused to look at here is that the so called democracy in nigeria have its faith in one man's palace or farm. look at the system since 1999, there is little or no differences in everything.
it is all about the obasanjos and the annenihs.
a man has refused to quit.
like i said, we are just one place and the worst thing that will happen to a country is the idea of not moving forward or backward. a change in govt will definitely move the country either forward or backward.
this change has nothing to do with the party rather it has to do with the people.
if a man has been arround for a whole ten year without the expected result, why can't he let go.
to me, obj is the pharoah of our time.
i keep on asking myself, what is it that this man wants that he has not been able to achieve in such a long time?

How do you grade something that is nonexistent?

Wazobiarism + Feudalism