The postponement of Senegal’s February 25 presidential election by the incumbent, and outgoing President Macky Sall, ostensibly for proper arrangements to be made for the presidential election to be held …
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To grow companies with revenues over $1 billion
The recent revelation by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), in its 2024 Outlook document that, of 345 companies in Africa with yearly turnover revenue of $1 billion, only …
Read More »Assessing MDAs’ performance requires openness
The report is welcomed that the Federal Government is gearing up to assess its ministries, departments, and agencies on their respective performance within the one-year budget cycle from June 2023. …
Read More »Nnamdi Kanu’s terrorism trial and peace initiatives
The decision of the Federal Government to proceed with the trial of Nnamdi Kanu for terrorism may be legally expedient, it however is only likely to prolong the tension surrounding …
Read More »2024 By-elections: Plugging deficits in the electoral process
Reported hitches, irregularities and voter apathy in the February 3, 2024 by-elections and re-run polls in three senatorial districts, 17 federal and 28 state constituencies across the country are neither …
Read More »Urgent need to secure public assets from theft, vandalism
Regular reports of vandalisation of public assets nationwide has made it necessary for governments at both state and federal levels to initiate concrete actions to stem the ugly tide. Indeed, …
Read More »NSIPA’s suspension: Reinventing social investment programmes
Mind boggling allegations of thefts and misappropriation of funds that are meant for various social intervention schemes lately forced President Bola Tinubu to suspend the National Social Investment Programmes Agency …
Read More »How insecurity, hunger threaten Nigeria’s existence
With incessant killings and abductions of people ravaging all parts of the country, Nigerians are rightly united that if the unprecedented level of insecurity in the country persists, The post …
Read More »Nigeria’s ranking on the Global Corruption Index
The 2023 Transparency International (TI) Report of the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) clearly indicates that corruption is still rife in Nigeria. The post Nigeria’s ranking on the Global Corruption …
Read More »Between the NBA and Nigerian Law Society
On-going legal tussle over the formation of a law society to co-exist with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is first a reflection of possible unsatisfactory performance of the NBA to …
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