Issues/Policy

One of the many unsavoury conclusions from the last general elections describes how little is the progress we have made since our last collective visit to the polls. In 2015, card readers were simultaneously the […]

I learnt so much from reading Pius’s work. I learnt from our conversations, and I learnt from just observing the way he related to Africans, high and low, and to African institutions. I am indebted […]

It is with the deepest grief that the Anambra State Government received the news of the untimely passing away of our very own world-class curator, poet, educator and critic, Okwui Enwezor. The inimitable Okwui Enwezor, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government must end involvement of military in elections in Nigeria in order to stem incessant killings and other forms of criminality allegedly perpetrated by soldiers in some parts of the country, […]

In nineteen eighty four, when we all stood in awe of Decree Four, to differ from officialdom as represented by Nigeria’s military junta headed by Muhammadu Buhari was a perilous path to perdition. The soldiers […]

The Nigerian general elections have come and gone. Baring litigations and other incidentals, in June this year, a new set of National Assembly members would be sworn in. Interestingly, the ninth Assembly would boast of […]

In the peculiar political lunacy season in Nigeria, a lot of uninformed commentaries have taken the open space. One of the issues the mostly spiteful commentators ranging from an intellect-damaged professor to yahooligans and internet […]

Femi Asu The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said the obligation to ensure that all electricity consumers have meters remained with the electricity distribution companies under Meter Asset Provider Regulations 2018. “This is consistent with […]

Young people, because they are young, have no room for niceties, or even for nice-ness. When they speak, they speak from the heart, in a direct and blunt manner, not caring whose ox is gored. […]

The fact that President Muhammadu Buhari recently expressed a desire to reverse Nigeria’s mismanaged economy shows that he has finally braced up for the obvious. Nigeria’s economy is in a parlous state following years of […]

One of the many unsavoury conclusions from the last general elections describes how little is the progress we have made since our last collective visit to the polls. In 2015, card readers were simultaneously the […]

In the aftermath of the 2019 elections, Rivers State will continue to intrigue sociologists and political analysts alike, regarding the rather rapid escalation in the scale of politically-related violence even as there is empirical evidence […]

There are many sayings that attest to special powers with which the feminine folk are endowed. Sayings such as: “Behind every man, there is a woman,” “ The hand that rocks the cradle rules the […]

The University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan has come a long way since 1957 when it was commissioned as the first tertiary hospital in Nigeria and the West African sub region. It was modelled after the […]

A solid opposition will constructively keep Mr. Ihedioha on his toes to meet his election promises to Imo people. It is this constructive tension and competition that will possibly lead to some governance innovations in […]

In case you missed it, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an advocacy group, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Muslim ministers from five south-west states when he constitutes his cabinet for his second term. […]

Water is an essential element for life; the average adult human body is 50 – 65% water. However, access to potable water is particularly limited in developing countries. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has some […]

In our country, the more we try to conclude complicated and inconclusive democratic matters including elections, the more inconclusive they seem. As we tried to conclude inconclusive gubernatorial matters at the weekend, the more complicated […]