NIGERIA is in the grip of a severe economic crisis, with high inflation, volatile exchange rates, and a steep rise…
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“SCRAMBLE for Africa” historically refers to the late 19th and early 20th centuries when European powers colonised and divided the…
IN JULY 1986, Nigeria’s military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, launched a public policy initiative hailed as the silver bullet for…
GOOD governance is universally acknowledged as a critical factor in the progress and development of any nation. In Nigeria, both…
NIGERIANS’ profound interest in US elections is no mere coincidence. The roots of this fascination lie deep in the historical…
EVERY story has two sides, but when a country’s reputation as a sovereign and an investment destination comes under threat,…
NATIONS, diplomacy, and sports are interwoven. Sports persons and sports teams are, in a sense, representatives of and mirrors of…
WE are witnessing some of the worst anti-government protests in our recent democratic history, fuelled by economic hardship, hunger and…
ANY government can easily undermine its credibility if it sends mixed signals on essential policy issues or initiatives, flip-flop from…
NIGERIA is a complex and multifaceted country that elicits various thoughts and viewpoints. Yet, there is some order in disorder.…
LAST week, Nigeria’s Supreme Court took a fundamental step towards dismantling the grip of state governors on the local government(LG)…
IN the past ten years, the South-East and North-East geopolitical zones, more than other geopolitical zones, have been sites of…
YEMEN, a West Asian country in the Arabian Peninsula, reported one million cases of cholera in March 2018. The world…
JONATHAN Tepperman’s book, “The Fix”, is about how some nations fixed significant social challenges like inequality, corruption, and civil wars…
NIGERIA is probably in the worst economic crisis of a generation, screamed The New York Times on June 11th, 2024.…
THERE is currently no evidence to support the claim that democracy is a perfect system of governance. However, humans still…
SOUTH Africans voted in national and local elections on May 29, exactly one year after Nigeria inaugurated its current president.…
AMIDST the initial fanfare, good feelings, and high expectations, a new era began on May 29, 2023, as a new…
AN increasing number of Nigerians are being driven into poverty, not by choice, but by the current political and economic…
A FEW weeks ago, Nigerians were startled by a legislation that had largely escaped public awareness. This legislation, which has…