Articles and Opinion
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The Need for Serious Disruption Prevention Orders as an Act of Parliament in Nigeria
By Dr George Ogunjimi, Esq. New public order powers to prevent individuals causing repeated serious disruption must come into force in Nigeria in...
NNPC’s Operations: Interrogating Businessday newspaper’s “opacity” tag and other matters, by Olufemi Soneye
I have read the story published by Businessday newspaper in its edition of 16th July, 2024 with the headline: “‘World’s Most Opaque Company’...
Towards genuine local government autonomy, By Dakuku Peterside
Last week, Nigeria’s Supreme Court took a fundamental step towards dismantling the grip of state governors on the local government system and local...
Ensuring Global Best Practices in Nigeria’s Oil Industry is Key to National Security
By Nelson Ekujumi The Nigeria oil industry is without doubt the mainstay of its economy and has also acted as a stabilizing factor...
Correcting the Lies in Dr. Olisa Agbakoba’s Assertions
By Kingsley Ariamaodo Eminent lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has lately been calling for the repeal of the Petroleum...
Ruto sacks cabinet as Kenya reels under youth angst
By Paul Ejime Embattled Kenyan President William Ruto has dissolved his cabinet in response to lingering youth-led national anger against bad governance characterised...
The Geo-Politics Of Nigeria’s Insecurity by Dakuku Peterside
In the past ten years, the South-East and North-East geopolitical zones, more than other geopolitical zones, have been sites of experiments on insecurity...
The June 25 Rage in Kenya, which Country is Next?
By Paul Ejime Only politicians and their supporters numbed by greed and insensitivity to human suffering, and (there are many in Africa), did...
Cholera in Hard Times, by Dakuku Peterside
Yemen, a West Asian country in the Arabian Peninsula, reported one million cases of cholera in March 2018. The world shook. At that...
Beyond National Profligacy, by Dakuku Peterside
Jonathan Tepperman’s book, The Fix, is about how some nations fixed significant social challenges like inequality, corruption, and civil wars using innovative leadership...
Minimum wage review: My take away, item 34 of 1999 Constitution’s Exclusive List should be amended
By Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, CON *An Opinion piece titled, “MININMUM WAGE REVIEW- MY TAKE AWAY ,” by former Hon. Minister of Works...
American Democracy’s Trump Test By Dakuku Peterside
There is currently no evidence to support the claim that democracy is a perfect system of governance. However, humans still need to figure...
South Africa’s 2024 Election, A Referendum on Black Leadership
By Paul Ejime The results of South Africa’s 2024 elections further illustrate what pro-democracy groups have always canvassed – good governance/leadership is tribe...
South Africa: Economics above politics By Dakuku Peterside
South Africans voted in national and local elections on May 29, exactly one year after Nigeria inaugurated its current president. Since 1994, this...
OPINION: Nigeria’s Urgent Need for Increased Government Funding in the Water Sector
By Sefa Ikpa In Nigeria, walk two kilometers in any direction, and you’ll likely encounter at least three boreholes. Boreholes and wells have...
One Year On: Words Above Action
Amidst the initial fanfare, good feelings, and high expectations, a new era began on May 29, 2023, as a new president, vice president,...
