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The strained relationships between former governors and the successors they handpick have become legendary in Nigeria. Although it’s common for godfathers and godsons to turn against each other after a …

Jurisprudential thought establishes the corresponding principles of rights and responsibilities. Three logical inferences stem that thesis. One, no right is absolute. Two, the fundamental right to freedom of expression in …

There are times, when certain remarkably classy developments take place, to the enrichment and happiness of American politics, that one does not need the clairvoyance of the French astrologer – …

Sokoto State, which already has its plate full due to the nefarious activities of the terrorists operating freely in 13 local government areas of its Eastern border with Zamfara State, …

“It is the Ifa oracle that has chosen Aiyedatiwa, not any human being. his mandate is a divine call from our ancestors, and there is nothing anyone can do to …

That Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, scion of stormy petrel of Ibadan’s 1950s politics, Adegoke “Penkelemesi” Adelabu, could conspire to place University College Hospital, or …

We now live in a world that is daily undergoing what has been called a polycrisis—crisis situations that are not only fundamental, but are also interlinked in ways that affects …

It is amazing how time flies as Governor Godwin Obaseki of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP relinquished power to his successor, Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) …

Section 18 of Nigeria’s Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) 2007 states that the “President shall submit the Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly not later than September 30th of each year.” …

To maintain independence and to fund projects, African countries must build sovereign wealth funds and development banks to underwrite big infrastructure projects. The post African exports and economic development – …