Opinions

President Muhammadu Buhari’s strategists, if they are at work at all, are chasing ants and ignoring the elephant in the room. They do him great disservice. Their oversight is hubristically determined either by incapacity or a vendetta-induced distraction. It is time they changed the game and the narrative; time they woke up. It’s been more […]

The full scale midnight assault on the residences of justices of the high court, court of appeal and Supreme Court marked an alarming new low in Nigeria’s history and a rapid descent into dictatorship of former military strongman-turned elected president General Buhari. Never before has such highhandedness been unleashed on judges of Nigeria’s superior courts […]

With such challenges as massive disenfranchisement, vote-buying, ballot box stuffing, violence and the obnoxious phrase of “inconclusive election” which have attended elections conducted in some parts of the country in recent times, a more detailed tinkering with the electoral laws was indeed more than just an urgent national imperative. To which end, the inauguration on […]

It is important we ascertain the reason(s) for this Economic crisis currently facing our country in order to devolve and deploy appropriate remedies and solutions to the problem. Why is Nigeria in Economic recession? We are in a recession because of the crash in oil prices and as well as low oil production, caused by […]

Across the world, it is the practice of statesmen to address their fellow citizens by means of national broadcast, wherein they take stock and make visionary statements about the future direction of the country. Last Saturday’s Independence Day address by President Muhammed Buhari was disappointing for failing to accurately capture the state of the nation. […]

As Nigerians mark the 56th independence anniversary of their beloved country next Saturday, few will disagree that, amidst the myriad of unnerving socio-economic and security challenges facing the nation, Nigeria remains a great country still waiting to happen. October 1, therefore signals another opportunity to ponder on the state of the nation and the failure […]

There is worldwide economic recession at the moment.  This is a fact and repeating it will only be stating the obvious.  Most countries today are faced with one type of hardship or the other.  Most people the world over are struggling to feed themselves not caring for other comforts and luxuries.  The rate of migrations […]

With the stage set for the Edo State governorship poll next Wednesday, September 28, Nigerians are waiting with bated breath for a free, fair and transparent election process. But once again, the build-up has been marred by allegations of fraud, even after the elections were postponed. An allegation of connivance to rig the polls was […]

A failure to save for the rainy day, as well as poor monetary and fiscal policies, were partly responsible for Nigeria’s current recession, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The apex bank governor, Godwin Emefiele at a media parley last weekend blamed external factors, particularly the crash in global oil prices, for the […]

A lot has been written about the “Change begins with me” campaign recently launched by the Federal Government. The mantra “Change begins with me” which is meant to articulate the ideology that rebuilding the nation is a concerted effort, has attracted torrents of criticisms already.  Aside from the rather embarrassing aspect of plagiarism which haunts […]

Patience Ibifaka Jonathan, former First Lady and Permanent Secretary in the Bayelsa State Civil Service, a position which she was promoted to national outrage, is in the news again for the wrong reasons. Mrs. Jonathan has embroiled herself in a controversy; whose optics resembles obstruction of justice in an alleged fraud case involving $31.4 million […]

Informal security actors such as vigilantes play a variety of roles in African communities. Research has tended to focus on the negative impact of informal security providers, but these groups have an essential role in a community’s safety and security. This report provides an analysis of the informal security actors in the Nigerian states of […]