Establishment of Law School campuses should not be regarded as constituency projects
THE Senate recently approved the establishment of six additional campuses of the Nigerian Law School, in addition to the seven…
Proliferation of varsities despite government’s poor funding of existing universities (2)
A vast majority of Nigerians celebrated Valentine’s Day on February 14. Yet for the students of federal and state-owned universities,…
Proliferation of varsities despite government’s poor funding of existing universities
THE Lagos State government recently assented a Bill for the creation of two new universities in the state, i.e., the…
Delayed release of exam results defeats its purpose
The Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB), last week released the results of the 2021 examinations in the wake of…
National Assembly is not an appendage of the president
THE hallmark of democratic governance is the existence of functional legislative institutions. It is a widely acknowledged fact that an…
The need for greater women’s participation in politics
BACK in 2014 when President Goodluck Jonathan convened the National Conference, one of the outstanding recommendations was the need to…
Still in search of nation Nigeria
PRIOR to 1885, there existed no geographical entity now known as Nigeria unlike countries such as Germany, England, Japan, Russia,…
Nigeria is not ripe for cashless economy?
THE usual hustle and bustle of the recently-concluded yuletide season I came with the harsh reality of the shortage of…
Elusive nation Nigeria: Christmas celebration by Shiites in Zaria commendable
THE amalgamation of the hundreds of scattered ethno-political groups across the geographical plane now known as Nigeria has always come…
The e-voting system vis-a-vis Nigeria’s electoral challenges
THE National Assembly recently passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 wherein, among others, electronic voting and transmission of…
Travel ban and counter-ban: Who loses?
THE advent of the COVID 19 pandemic and its ghoulish consequences on the economic, religious, and socio- political structures of…
Nigeria’s high debt: Invitation to recolonisation and slavery (2)
PREVIOUSLY, I extensively considered the unfortunate repeat in the history of slavery – from the days of slavery by Europeans…
Nigeria’s high debt: Invitation to recolonisation and slavery
THE history of the African continent cannot be complete without reference to slave trade. In fact, during the trans-Saharan slave…
TETFUND: Private universities deserve urgent intervention
EARLIER in the year, I addressed extensively, the statement by some stakeholders that private tertiary institutions are money-making ventures and…
Challenges to true democracy: Poor policing and insecurity
IN concluding this series, I will discuss the incidence of insecurity which has been a constant plague to Nigeria’s sustainable…
Challenges to true democracy: Poverty and poor education (2)
POVERTY and poor education continue to be two impeding factors to true democracy in Nigeria. Democracy as a concept of…
Invasion of Justice Odili’s residence: Call for heavy punishment for perpetrators
LAST week, there was a nationwide media report of the invasion of the residence of Honourable Justice Mary Peter-Odili consequent…
Challenges to true democracy: Moneybags and godfatherism (1)
FOLLOWING decades of military rule in Nigeria together with its attendant socio-political consequences, Nigeria reverted to constitutional democracy in 1999…
Nigeria’s high debt profile: Payroll is not the only cause
RECENTLY, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, reportedly stated in an interview that the country’s high debt service is connected…
Deplorable condition of the Nigerian roads: Bane of economic sustainability
IT is common knowledge that Nigerian roads are generally either in a state of disrepair, poorly maintained or altogether untarred.…
