March 3, 2023

Go: Will elections hold and who will be Nigeria’s next president?

In 2015, when presidential elections were delayed by 6 weeks, from February 14 to March 28, the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) provided notification a week […]
February 17, 2023

[Aljazeera] Nigeria’s elections have bigger problems than vote trading

Buying votes is a problem — but only because of a deeper rot in Nigeria’s democracy that it must address.   When veteran politician Ayo Fayose […]
January 11, 2023

[BUSINESSDAY.NG] Can we move election dialogue past empty promises?

The interest in Nigeria’s general elections in a few weeks is understandable but we are missing the opportunity to be more mindful about our future and […]
October 22, 2022

Health is personal and the personal is political, By Ayisha Osori

Anyone can fall ill and we do. But not everyone who has suffered ill health has the opportunity to influence health care in their country, state […]
October 2, 2022

PNI5 October 2 2022 – the one about Tinubu missing in action

September 25, 2022

PNI5 September 25 – the one about candidates for presidency & NASS

September 18, 2022

PNI5 Sept 18 2022 – the one about the padded voters register

September 14, 2022

Ghosts of ethnicity present

Senator Remi Tinubu trended for a few days on Twitter a few weeks ago because of an old video shot around the 2019 general election where […]
August 30, 2010

Zoning & Federal Character

Zoning for mediocrity Nigeria can no longer afford to keep sacrificing good governance for ethnic considerations. For months Nigerians have been distracted by the entertainment provided […]
September 8, 2010

Our uncharitable incorporation

Not all the fervor around the 2011 elections is because of the large amounts of money that will be spent or diverted. A lot of the […]
September 15, 2010

Our modest judges

A few weeks ago the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) released the results of a survey on Magistrate Courts which indicated that 70% of Nigerians […]
July 6, 2011

The transformation keke (I)

At last the long awaited and well-lobbied list of ministers has been released; what an anti climax. The numbness caused by the overwhelming stench of stale […]
July 29, 2011

20 transport policies later = nothing

Nigeria’s National Transport Policy of 1993 stated that: “The Nigerian transport system functions in a crisis situation”, because of “a major imbalance between the needs of […]
July 29, 2011

Our Transport Nightmare

“To transport someone is a feat of astonishing determination and imagination. Shakespeare did that emotional transporting with words; London’s Underground does it physically with engineering.” And […]
April 2, 2012

Who is afraid of the PIB?

The petroleum industry bill (PIB) is 12 years or 4380 days in the making – enough time to nurture a child from birth until the second […]
March 7, 2016

Exposing Violations against Women

The Open Society Initiative for West Africa and Amateur Heads Productions will tomorrow premiere the ‘Silent Tears’, a documentary that uncovers the truth behind the violations against women resident in the Federal Capital Territory. Rebecca Ejifoma writes
January 26, 2018

Is the Social Services Tax Fair?

I am torn between sympathy for the people of Rivers State who like most Nigerians do not seem to benefit from the taxes they pay or […]