March 3, 2023
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
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
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 […]
August 30, 2010
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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 […]