If the current backlog of over ₦250 billion remains trapped within this structure, it will not remain static. Against a national budget exceeding ₦50 trillion, the...
Nigeria prides itself on being Africa’s largest democracy. Yet a democracy cannot be considered truly representative when half of its population remains largely excluded from political...
Let us tell ourselves the truth Nigerians already know. For the poor man, prison is prison. For the rich man, prison sometimes looks like a guest...
The Independent National Electoral Commission issued certificates of return to six area council chairmen, their deputies, and 62 councillors across the FCT following the Feb. 21...
Selective loyalty often speaks loudest through silence. When wrongdoing is exposed, many people no longer ask whether the act is just or unjust; they first ask...
As ruling party tactics undermine trust and hunger grips the nation, the President's dismissal of online voices reveals an administration out of touch with the Nigerians...
Nigerians are presently involved in a civil rights struggle of a different dimension. It is a struggle to have the right environment to freely choose their...
These two countries reflect a broader phenomenon: procedural democracy without substance. This form of democracy retains elections, political parties, and a constitution, but empties their normative...
The successful amendment of the Electoral Act by the authorities amid widespread opposition is a testament to the redoubtable albatross on Nigerians’ shoulders. It’s, however, a...
Kanu, British-born, through his advocacy for the independence of Biafra from Nigeria, founded the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), which has now been proscribed. Igboho, on...