TEMITOPE AJAYI Our habit of amending our electoral laws almost every election cycle deserves serious scrutiny. The popular justification, continuous improvement, sounds persuasive but does […]
Category: Opinion
Keir Starmer Is Repeating My Mistake On Cost Of Living — Growth Must Trump All
RISHI SUNAK “GDP doesn’t mean much to people when inflation is bearing down on them, so ministers duck the tough choices.” The hardest thing about […]
Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road: Leave The Talk, Let’s Face The Business
DADA OLUSEGUN The Lagos-Calabar coastal road project is undoubtedly Nigeria’s most ambitious transport infrastructure project since independence. In terms of scope, distance covered, and connectivity, […]
Press Freedom, Intelligence Power, And Nigeria’s Democratic Signal To West Africa
ADEMOLA OSHODI West Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows, dissent is reframed as a security problem, and coercive institutions […]
At 50, Uzodimma Positions Imo into National Political Consciousness
AMBROSE NWAOGWUGWU When Imo State was young, its voice at the centre was often a voice of appeal. Chief Sam Mbakwe, remembered as the […]
Tinubu, Military Coups And The National Question In Nigeria
ADEWALE ADEOYE Close your eyes for a minute and imagine this: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Defense Minister Christopher Musa, Minister […]
From Bicycles To Bulletproof Convoys: How Africa’s Leadership Lost Its Moral Compass.
There was a time when African leadership looked poor by design and rich only in purpose. The men and women who fought for independence did […]
Otti: How Geometric Power Can Re-Industrialise The South East
EBERE UZOUKWA, PhD Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, on Wednesday, February 4, used the platform of the South East Vision 2050 Regional Stakeholders Forum in […]
The Need To Institutionalize And Internalize The Highly Commendable Political Culture Of Gov. Douye Diri
WISDOM ONIEKPAR IKULI Many years ago, multitudes of Bayelsans admired, commended, and celebrated Governors of other states who were performing excellently and delivering […]
Ogun West, Ogun 27 And A Deputy’s Unwelcome Intervention
RAHEEM AJAYI What else could have shown the whole world that Engr. Noimat Salako-Oyedele, the Deputy Governor of our dear state never participated in our […]