Articles and Opinion

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The Scourge Of Rising Inflation by Dakuku Peterside

An increasing number of Nigerians are being driven into poverty, not by choice, but by the current political and economic climate, shaped by...

THE ECOWAS OF YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW

by Paul Ejime Nigeria’s late Professor Adebayo Adedeji and Togo’s Edem (Kodjovi) Kodjo would likely be turning in their graves in disappointment if...

Bad Law, Needless Levy By Dakuku Peterside

A few weeks ago, Nigerians were startled by a legislation that had largely escaped public awareness. This legislation, which has since undergone substantial...

Unsavory developments in Togo

By Paul Ejime As widely expected, Togo’s national electoral commission has declared the ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR) Party, as the overwhelming...

The Minimum Wage Issue: Numbers vs Value by Dakuku Peterside

The issue of minimum wage or salary increase or by whatever nomenclature is a complicated policy issue. The wage increase is neither good...

The Dying Public School by Dakuku Peterside 

There has been no remarkable uproar on the public school collapse in Nigeria, affecting primary, secondary, and university education. Our leaders do not...

World Malaria Day: Why the War against Malaria matters 

By Paul Ejime It is another World Malaria Day (WMD) today, one year after the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended two candidate anti-malaria...

IBB makes a strong case for ECOMOG journalists

by Paul Ejime NIGERIA’s former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, who was instrumental in the formation of ECOMOG, the regional Ceasefire Monitoring Group...

The Yoruba Nation “secessionists” of Ibadan by Reuben Abati

Arrested Yoruba Nation agitators On Saturday, 13 April, a group of 18 masked persons dressed in army camouflage, armed with rifles, charms and...

With CDCU’s Delivery Tracker, Tinubu gives voice to otherwise voiceless by Oriyomi Anthony

Although the President Bola Tinubu government’s quest to convince Nigerians that it will make things better is still hanging in the balance, an...

Electricity tariffs: The limits of shock – By Dakuku Peterside

In Nigeria, many policies that are supposed to catalyse economic growth end up making things worse and complicate matters for the citizen for...

The Parliamentary System Debate By Dakuku Peterside  

The debate over which system of government is most appropriate for a multi-ethnic and geographically diverse Nigeria has suddenly resurfaced. This time, it...

TINUBU, BEWARE OF NYESOM WIKE

By Richard Akinnola Impetuous, garrulous, flippant, compulsively and deliriously narcissistic, that succinctly encapsulates the Nyesom Wike persona. A study of the political trajectory...

The Morality Question by Dakuku Peterside

There is unarguably a progressive value erosion in our country. This is happening increasingly, and there is no hope of it abating soon....

The States And The Blackout Nation

Many Nigerians believe that restructuring the country or devolving powers from the centre to the sub-nationals is the silver bullet that will solve...

Food security: The Bago challenge, By Dakuku Peterside

Against the run of play, Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State ruffled feathers with his speech at the 2023 annual Leadership Newspaper...