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2023 Elections: The Jonathan Example, Leadership And Electoral Violence

In January 2014, as the political bigwigs were horse-trading and plotting their power play for the general election scheduled for the following year, the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, was inspired to publicly state that no Nigerian should kill or...

Qatar World Cup, FIFA’s Mistake And Super Eagles’ Absence

Last week, on November 8, the story broke that former FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, publicly revealed his stance on the decision to award Qatar the hosting rights for the 2022 World Cup. The 86-year-old football administrator categorically claimed that...

Naira Redesign: Nigeria and Its Black Economy Problem

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At a time when Nigeria is grappling with huge fiscal deficits, the free fall of the naira, soaring inflation rates, multiple forex rates, rising borrowing costs, grave uncertainty, a fragile economy and on the eve of the 2023 general...

Saving Nigeria From Devastating Floods

The National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA) was established via Act 12, as amended by Act 50 of 1999, to manage disasters in Nigeria. Yet, it is easy to assume that either the level of disaster management required...

Rebuilding Nigeria’s Dwindled Influence in Africa

A quote attributed to one of Africa's most illustrious icons, Nelson Mandela, that is often used to highlight the critical and significant role of Nigeria in the birthing of a competitive African milieu reads: “The world will not respect...

Time to Allow Diasporan Voting

We have to urgently rework or restructure our country in whole, if Nigeria is ever going to attain the fullness of its potentials. This process must correct this ugly anomaly, which does not allow Nigerian citizens resident abroad to...

Ewuare II, Obaseki And Artefacts of Benin Kingdom

The need for the exemplary display of patriotic fervour over and above personal sentiments and familial cronyism has been elevated to the front burners of national discourse in the conversation around the belated repatriation of artefacts looted from their...

2023 Presidency: Obi, Tinubu, Atiku And Opinion Polls

The seed of discontent with the status quo, which was the denouement of the #ENDSARS protests of 2020, has metamorphosed into a movement for a change in the political structure of Nigeria, with the candidate of the Labour Party,...

ASUU Should Obey Court Order, Return to Classrooms And Continue Talks With FG

Last week, the Abuja division of the National Industrial Court (NIC), invoked Section 18 of the Trade Dispute Act and, on the back of the national interest of Nigerian students, who have been away from the classrooms since February...

Nigeria’s Fiscal Headache And Catalogue of Wasteful Spending

A Reuters report in February 2017, painted a sordid picture of the Nigerian economy. Basing their findings on information sourced from the National Bureau of Statistics, it noted that Nigeria's economy shrank by 1.5 percent in 2016 as a...