One fateful night in 2012, there was a loud bang on the door of this middle-aged man who had just moved to his house in the Lekki area. The post …
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Re-establishing genuine federalism and Nigeria’s constitutional law
Federalism, in progressive democracies is a political model in which power is distributed amongst various tiers of administration at national or subnational levels. The post Re-establishing genuine federalism and Nigeria’s …
Read More »An agenda for Tinubu’s troika
The past week has been awash with ceaseless conversations sometimes befuddling into heated debate and vitriolic exchanges over the appointment and redesignation of the schedule of duties of our President’s …
Read More »Between VAT and Sales Tax
After tempestuous agitations from Northern Nigeria, which appears to be more concerned with the sharing of revenue from Value Added Tax, the House of Representatives suspended deliberations on President Bola …
Read More »Antidotes to Nigeria’s voter apathy syndrome
“The greatest threat to democracy is indifference.” – former United States president, Franklin Roosevelt. This is not a rejoinder to last Sunday’s editorial of this newspaper titled “Voter apathy: Onus …
Read More »Tinubu’s loan request and the rising nationwide debate
In a nation grappling with significant economic difficulties, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent request for a multi-billion-dollar loan The post Tinubu’s loan request and the rising nationwide debate appeared first …
Read More »Kemi Badenoch in UK politics: Milestone for black community
As Great Britain, once a colonial power ruling over 56 nations now part of the Commonwealth, transitions into a more inclusive society, a symbolic form of “reverse colonisation” seems to …
Read More »Nigeria and disability matters on world’s disability day
Disability is a global issue. With causes of disability ranging from sickness to accident, communicable diseases, congenital defects, natural disaster to a fall, it is certain that every society has …
Read More »COP29 and climate geopolitics
As COP29 dragged into overtime the expected climate finance target of at least $1.3 trillions of dollars shrunk to an offer of $250 billion per year from 2035. The post …
Read More »Unpacking myth of age-based university admission in Nigeria
In the grand theatre of life, age is often an imperfect actor—sometimes ahead of its time, sometimes late to the show. The post Unpacking myth of age-based university admission in …
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