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Pyrrhic Victory of any rise in minimum wage
adminOctober 8, 2018
President Mohammed Buhari, inaugurated a 30 member Tripartite Committee on Monday 27th November 2017, to negotiate a new National Minimum Wage. The Committee comprises six serving State Governors and other…Read More
Nigeria’s certificate scandals
adminOctober 2, 2018
The number of persons involved in certificate scandals under the Buhari administration may speak to something far deeper in our society, even beyond the administration, but it is to say the least, disgraceful and embarrassing. Ordinarily considered some of the best educated black persons in the world – one US report indicates that Nigerians are […]
Of Oshiomhole, Dancing and Governance
adminOctober 1, 2018
He moves on the dance space with surprising élan and fetching candour. For sheer nimble swiftness and energy, few top-notch politicians in Nigeria today can match the dancing skill and prowess of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. But these unscripted performances could easily fool some observers into […]
Osun: Election as Theatre
adminSeptember 25, 2018
What is going on in Osun state right now is nothing short of political theatre. It is keeping us all entertained, but it has also turned so many observers into…Read More
Why Higher Oil Prices Cripple The Economy
adminSeptember 24, 2018
The crash in the Naira exchange rate from N199=$1 by Dec. 2015 to almost N500=$1, in January 2017, was popularly attributed to the erosion of Nigeria’s foreign reserves from a…Read More
Editorial: Not too young to run and paradox of President Buhari`s Nomination form
adminSeptember 19, 2018
On September 11, 2018, at the Aso Villa, the seat of Nigeria’s Presidency presided over by President Mohammadu Buhari , the All Peoples Congress(APC) presidential nomination and expression of interest…Read More
Revisiting ‘democracy and dictatorship’
adminSeptember 13, 2018
Let us begin by quickly recalling two bits of Nigeria’s recent history. First, at the close of 1983, a military junta overthrew and supplanted the elected civilian government of Shehu Shagari, the first and only president of Nigeria’s Second Republic (1979-1983). Then, early in 1985, in the second year of the new military regime, which […]
2019: A brief manual of Nigerian politics
adminSeptember 11, 2018
The political primaries are scheduled to hold between this month and the next and definitely by the end of October 2018, the hustling and jostling in Nigeria’s political arena would…Read More
PDP: The Challenge Ahead
adminSeptember 6, 2018
Former Senate President, Senator David Mark, has become the latest entrant to the ever-growing crowd of candidates vying to become the PDP’s presidential flag bearer. Senator Mark, a former Brigadier-General…Read More
Direct Primaries Will Strengthen Nigeria’s Democracy.
adminSeptember 4, 2018
One of the most profound decisions the Adams Oshiomhole-leadership of the All Progressives Congress is bringing to party politics is the adoption of direct primary as a means of selecting…Read More
2019: Buhari must play by the rules
adminSeptember 2, 2018
In the history of Nigeria, there has never been a time in our democratic journey where a government has displayed total disregard for human rights and intolerance for opposition and…Read More
On That Police Decentralization Plan.
adminAugust 30, 2018
Recently, then Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, announced that steps are being taken to decentralize the Nigerian police. This police decentralization scheme has forms part of the canons of the noisome…Read More