The verdict of Kenya's Supreme Court which validated results of the presidential elections held on August 9th 2022 has been applauded worldwide for its robust jurisprudence. The judgement and subsequent inauguration of...
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Freedom of Speech Is The Bulwark of Every Democracy
"Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy.” - Wendell Willkie, (1892-1944) International Democracy Day 2022 The observance of the International Democracy Day on September 15 each year with its...
FG’s Hollow Hubris Prolonging ASUU Strike
The disdain for education in Nigeria by the Federal Government has been underlined by the lingering industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Federal Government’s arrogant stand not to...
Curbing Large-Scale Oil Theft in Nigeria – It’s Time to Act, Now!
The recent revelation by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, that Nigeria loses a staggering 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) to oil thieves is gravely worrisome. To illustrate the severity of this...
Setting the Records Straight
In the last 48 hours, our attention has been drawn to a viral video of a song that has raised concerns and commentary across Nigeria. For the avoidance of doubt, between August 4 and August 6 2022, the National...
President Buhari’s Ignoble Legacy
Just a few days ago, Nigerians watched in total shock the horrific video of terrorists brutally flogging the abducted male passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train attacked on March 28. In the viral video, shared on social...
Red Flags for Nigeria’s Democracy
As Nigeria enters the heady season towards the 2023 general elections, there are certain observations about the on-going democratic process that raises serious concern about the state of Nigeria’s democracy. Reasonable...
Ekiti State Governorship Election: A litmus Test for INEC
Eligible voters with their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) totalling 749,065 in Ekiti are expected to file out on Saturday June 18th across the 177 wards in the 16 local government areas of the state to elect the next...
The Owo Bloodbath!
The Sunday, 5th June 2022 attack at St Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa Street, Owo, Ondo State, home town of the state Governor, Mr Olurotimi Akeredolu, yet again brings into sharp focus the disturbing spectre of...
Arresting the Carnage in Anambra
On May 21 2022, the decapitated body of Hon Okechukwu Okoye, member representing Aguata Constituency II at the Anambra State House of Assembly was found at Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. Six...
Deborah Yakubu: Lest Impunity triumphs
The sequence of events following the callous murder of Deborah Yakubu by a lynch mob is alarming. Deborah, a 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was killed over allegations...
Godwin Emefiele’s position untenable
The recent revelation by the All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairman of Ward 6 in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr Nduka Erikpume indicating that the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr...