Opinion

Towards reforming Nigeria’s Policing System

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Since 1999, the problem of public security is perhaps the most eminent challenge to Nigeria’s democracy. Following years of military…

Ibadan, Mama Ope, “Inastrait,” My Mechanic and Sundry Matters…

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

I am incurably attached to Ibadan. I was born and bred in that city and I’m always so nostalgic about…

2019 Elections and the Road Less Travelled

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By Obo Effanga …in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Rivers State, we stayed focused on conducting a transparent, free,…

Police Brutality In Nigeria

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By Binzak Azeez The Nigeria Police originated from the colonial initiative in 1861 following the annexation of Lagos. This institution…

Comedian as president, pregnancy in prison

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

There are some telltale signs of a perishing society, observed Alexander Solzhenitsyn. These, according to the Russian literary immortal and…

What’s wrong with these end-time governors?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

I believe we all have that one family member who thinks that he or she has the right to intrude…

On the making of a People’s Constitution

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The historical context of this occasion of the public presentation of the Minority Report & Draft Constitution for the Federal…

Should Church Universities be Free?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

According to the National Universities Commission, Nigeria has 170 Universities. 79 are private, 32 are owned by Church groups. But,…

Fawehinmi would have been 81 today: How Sapara Williams influenced him

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

By Ademola Adegbamigbe The late Chief Gani Fawehinmi would have been 81 today. His birth anniversary was, last year, marked…

A Worthy Example in Leadership

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

By Olusegun Adeniyi Two years ago, following the convocation ceremony of a private university where 188 students graduated with first…

New Collar Jobs

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Oluwagbenga Oyebanji The cover of Time magazine May 30, 1983, “The New Economy”, described the transition from manufacturing industries economy…

Atiku and the tale of the INEC server

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

I have always wondered how Abubakar Atiku came to believe that he won an election that was monitored from polling…

Ambode’s undeniable achievements

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

In less than two months, Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode will bow out of office after four years of meritorious…

The Danger In Buhari’s Totalitarian Patronage Model

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By SKC Ogbonnia Diversity and dynamic opposition are twin catalysts for effective democratic leadership. This explains why Nigeria owes a…

Papering over our plight

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

By Abiodun Komolafe Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party. A…

APC’s ‘Next Level’ and the Asiwaju Tinubu example

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

On March 27, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari had a reason to speak about Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the title holder of…

Regulating Anambra’s Obituary Economy

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Anambra, the mercurial pearl of Igbo nation nestling River Niger, is in the news again. We are not about to revisit the…

Fake news or echoing his master’s voice?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria - The eligibility case between Chief Olusegun Adebayo Oni and Dr. John Kayode Fayemi at the Supreme…

Should RCCG Merge Parishes?

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Sometimes, the expectation of material perfection is the disappointment some have about RCCG Parishes in certain locations.

2019 Nigerian Elections: Electoral Integrity and Questions of Democratic Development

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Mr. John Campbell, Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC.,…

OAU: Land-grabbing assumes frightening dimension

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

News, last week, that some land-grabbers poisoned Opa Dam, the main source of water supply to the Obafemi Awolowo University…

Again, Xenophobia In South Africa

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By Dele Agekameh Nigeria and other African countries need to explore all avenues available to pressure South Africa into taking…

Tinubu and the Nigerian Economy: Prodding A Gathering of the ‘Deaf’?

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By ‘Tope Fasua I would want Bola Tinubu to do us all a big favour and move away from these…

Imposition or Free Choice: Mallam Jibo’s Brash Commentary and 9th NASS’ Leadership

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

By Salihu Moh. Lukman My teacher and mentor, both academically and in the practical world of politics and activism since…

49 Farewells and more (for Professor Tunde Oduleye, 1944-2019)

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

These, no doubt, are seasons of painful farewells and sudden departures. The news of Professor Tunde Oduleye's passing reached me…

Senate Presidency: Is APC Really Thinking?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Upon being re-elected, President Muhammadu Buhari endeared himself once again to the citizenry when he promised to show significant improvement…

Nigerian Labour Force and Struggle for Survival

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Prior to the colonial epoch in Africa, the labour force was essentially based in subsistence farming, pastoralism and petty trading.…

Nigeria and the Misery Index: Not a miserable country

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

In a Report titled The Misery Index 2018 authored by Dr. Steve Hanke of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,…

The shame of Zamfara’s zig-zag

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The old squirrel, according to an ancient Edo riddle, habitually sips from the gourd of iniquities. His lineage is forbidden…

Monday Onyekachi Ubani and Hon Christopher Enai: When State apparatus Is wrongly deployed to persecute innocent citizens

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

By Mike Ozekhome I hereby bring to the notice of the general public the flagrant and raw deployment of state…

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