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Justice appears to be for sale in Nigeria to anyone with a deep pocket. This is our current reality and the earlier we acknowledge this problem, the quicker the fix. Is it not ironic that the judiciary, which should...

Last October, there was a warning that went unheeded. Nigerians were facing an acute fuel crisis which signposted a bleak Christmas, New Year and uncertain 2023. This was because shipowners were threatening to stop rendering services to the Nigerian...

Despite the efforts of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make the process of collecting Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) as smooth as possible, many eligible voters in Nigeria are still facing difficulties in obtaining their cards. There have...

With the general elections due to begin just about six weeks from now, there is a consensus amongst political watchers and analysts that voters between the ages of 18 and 34, who are about 37 million in number out...

In Nigeria, there is a widespread problem of pensioners not receiving their entitled retirement benefits. This has led to a number of protests across the country, as retired government employees demand to be paid the pensions and gratuities they...

Godwin Ifeanyichukwu Emefiele has battled many controversies since his appointment as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2014 just like his predecessor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi did during his own tenure. No doubt with the power and...

In my column last month, I took a peek into the feelings of the average football fan in Nigeria ahead of the commencement of hostilities in the Qatar 2022 World Cup with the glaring absence of the country's senior...

The internal divisions that are threatening to shred the threads holding the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) together present an ominous foreboding for the chances of the party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, heading into next year's general election. The...

It will not be out of line to use Nigeria, as a country, to theorise the concept of "Resource Curse". Indeed, the supposed powerhouse of Africa is a ready-made example that consistently ticks all the boxes and provides justification...

One of the enduring legacies of President Abraham Lincoln, the one to whom the world owes the popular definition of Democracy to be "The government of the people, by the people, for the people," will be bequeathing to the...