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Police Summon Saraki, Melaye, Others Over Abuja Protest

The Police have summoned Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki, Senators Dino Melaye and Ben Bruce who were among those involved in a protest on Friday. The senators and other leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), took to...

OPINION: BET THE END OF TINUBU DYNASTY IN LAGOS

Looking for just anybody to bet his house that this is the end of Yekini Amoda Ogunlere (alias Tinubu) in Lagos after Ambode succumbed, only some people would offer their houses. Most people would rather “siddon look” and others...

OPINION: DEMOCRACY CANNOT COEXIST WITH WEAK SYSTEMS

Democracy is anchored in strong balancing systems such as independent electoral platform, free and fair judiciary, independent civil services, equal and co-partners in legislature, Presidency, and judiciary among others. If the structure is sound and strong, democracy can withstand...

OPINION: AUTOMATIC SENATE TICKETS, OSHIOMHOLE AND THE GOVERNORS’ RAGE

It is of course globally accepted that the legislature is an essential arm of the presidential system of government. In fact, to many scholars, of all the arms of government in a democracy, the legislature is considered the most...

OPINION: PRIMARY ELECTIONS: APC TRUDGES ON AMID CHALLENGES

It is difficult suppressing a yawn of boredom when tracking recent media reportage on the so-called crises in the governing All Progressives Congress, APC. Add to this scenario, the opposition's lip-smacking spins of imminent implosion of the party -...

OPINION: GAS FLARING AND KACHIKWU’S THREAT

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, without any shadow of the doubt, typifies a man committed to bringing the Nigerian pollution riddled oil and gas sector out of the wood. Apart from his past actions that...

OPINION: CONVERSATION WITH A NIGERIAN VOTE SELLER

During the timeline allocated for Nigerians to get PVCs, venues for the exercises were usually packed out. About 90% of these prospective voters were Nigerians within the 20-30 age-brackets. This perhaps conveyed the idea that the most productive arm of...

OPINION: LAW, RELIGION AND THE SECULARISATION OF NIGERIA

The African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies recently organised a meeting to explore how law and religion related to human flourishing. Presenters shared insights on the intersections between the various faiths and laws in different African countries. This...

OPINION: TRADING WHILE STILL CARING FOR PEOPLE AND PLANET

Compliance standards can enhance ecosystems Ratifications are moving ahead, if slowly, on the newly signed African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)—the world’s largest free trade agreement (with the most member countries) since the founding of the World Trade Organization. The African...

OPINION: INFRASTRUCTURE KEY TO INTRA-AFRICAN TRADE

West African traders demand investments in transportation infrastructure Ken Ukaoha knows something about infrastructure and intra-Africa trade. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Kenaux International Concept, a shoe and garment manufacturing company based in Aba, southeast Nigeria....

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